Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram
D Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in 7-String Drop G Tuning
D Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in 7-String Drop G Tuning shows the same d minor 7 flat 5 arpeggio chord tones across 7 strings tuned G D G C F A D. The seventh string adds lower chord-tone positions below a six-string layout while keeping the upper strings familiar.
- Chord tones
- D, F, Ab, C
- Formula
- 1 b3 b5 b7
- Semitones
- 0 3 6 10
- Chord symbols
- Dm7b5
- Tuning
- G D G C F A D
- Strings
- 7
- Open pitch range
- G1 to D4
- 24-fret range
- G1 to D6
Open strings and root positions
4 of the 7 open strings belong to D Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio: string 6 D (1), string 4 C (b7), string 3 F (b3), and string 1 D (1). D roots occur on open strings 6 and 1.
First root on each string
Low-string pattern
On the lowest G string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 5, 7, and 10, with the D root at fret 7. On the highest D string, the first D is at fret 0.
Practice this tuning-specific layout
- Play D Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio on the low G string at frets 1, 5, 7, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
- Build a phrase that lets D on open string 6 ring, then connect it to the nearest D root and two other arpeggio tones.
- Connect the D root positions on strings 7 through 1 at frets 7, 0, 7, 2, 9, 5, and 0, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.
Fretboard diagram
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