Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

D Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in B Standard Tuning

D Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in B Standard Tuning shows the same d minor 7 flat 5 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned B E A D F# B. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones
D, F, Ab, C
Formula
1 b3 b5 b7
Semitones
0 3 6 10
Chord symbols
Dm7b5
Tuning
B E A D F# B
Strings
6
Open pitch range
B1 to B3
24-fret range
B1 to B5

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 6 open strings belong to D Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio: string 3 D (1). D roots occur on open string 3.

String 3D1

First root on each string

String 6Fret 3
String 5Fret 10
String 4Fret 5
String 3Open
String 2Fret 8
String 1Fret 3

Low-string pattern

On the lowest B string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 3, 6, and 9, with the D root at fret 3. On the highest B string, the first D is at fret 3.

Fret 1Cb7
Fret 3D1
Fret 6Fb3
Fret 9Abb5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

  1. Play D Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio on the low B string at frets 1, 3, 6, and 9, saying each note name and degree aloud.
  2. Build a phrase that lets D on open string 3 ring, then connect it to the nearest D root and two other arpeggio tones.
  3. Connect the D root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 3, 10, 5, 0, 8, and 3, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.

Fretboard diagram

D Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in B Standard Tuning fretboard diagram
D Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in B Standard Tuning guitar fretboard diagram showing B E A D F# B.

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Reference pages

Same arpeggio in other tunings