Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

D Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in E Flat Standard Tuning

D Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in E Flat Standard Tuning shows the same d minor 7 flat 5 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb. 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
Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Strings
6
Open pitch range
Eb2 to Eb4
24-fret range
Eb2 to Eb6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 6 open strings belong to D Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio: string 5 Ab (b5). None of those open-string tones is the D root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 5Abb5

First root on each string

String 6Fret 11
String 5Fret 6
String 4Fret 1
String 3Fret 8
String 2Fret 4
String 1Fret 11

Low-string pattern

On the lowest Eb string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 2, 5, 9, and 11, with the D root at fret 11. On the highest Eb string, the first D is at fret 11.

Fret 2Fb3
Fret 5Abb5
Fret 9Cb7
Fret 11D1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

  1. Play D Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio on the low Eb string at frets 2, 5, 9, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
  2. Build a phrase that lets Ab on open string 5 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 11, 6, 1, 8, 4, and 11, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.

Fretboard diagram

D Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in E Flat Standard Tuning fretboard diagram
D Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in E Flat Standard Tuning guitar fretboard diagram showing Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb.

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Reference pages

Same arpeggio in other tunings