Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram
D Minor-Major 7 Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning
D Minor-Major 7 Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning shows the same d minor-major 7 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned B F# B E G# C#. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.
- Chord tones
- D, F, A, C#
- Formula
- 1 b3 5 7
- Semitones
- 0 3 7 11
- Chord symbols
- DmMaj7, DmM7
- Tuning
- B F# B E G# C#
- Strings
- 6
- Open pitch range
- B1 to C#4
- 24-fret range
- B1 to C#6
Open strings and root positions
1 of the 6 open strings belong to D Minor-Major 7 Arpeggio: string 1 C# (7). None of those open-string tones is the D root, so the root must be fretted on every string.
String 1C#7
First root on each string
String 6Fret 3
String 5Fret 8
String 4Fret 3
String 3Fret 10
String 2Fret 6
String 1Fret 1
Low-string pattern
On the lowest B string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 2, 3, 6, and 10, with the D root at fret 3. On the highest C# string, the first D is at fret 1.
Fret 2C#7
Fret 3D1
Fret 6Fb3
Fret 10A5
Practice this tuning-specific layout
- Play D Minor-Major 7 Arpeggio on the low B string at frets 2, 3, 6, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
- Build a phrase that lets C# on open string 1 ring, then connect it to the nearest D root and two other arpeggio tones.
- Connect the D root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 3, 8, 3, 10, 6, and 1, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.
Fretboard diagram
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Same arpeggio in other tunings
E Flat Standard TuningEb Ab Db Gb Bb EbD Standard TuningD G C F A DC Standard TuningC F Bb Eb G CB Standard TuningB E A D F# BDrop D TuningD A D G B EDrop C# TuningC# G# C# F# A# D#Drop C TuningC G C F A DDADGAD TuningD A D G A DOpen E TuningE B E G# B EOpen D TuningD A D F# A DOpen G TuningD G D G B DOpen C TuningC G C G C EOpen A TuningE A E A C# E7-String Standard TuningB E A D G B E7-String Drop A TuningA E A D G B E7-String Drop G TuningG D G C F A D8-String Standard TuningF# B E A D G B E8-String Drop E TuningE B E A D G B E