Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

E Dominant 7 Arpeggio in E Flat Standard Tuning

E Dominant 7 Arpeggio in E Flat Standard Tuning shows the same e dominant 7 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: E, G#, B, D
Formula: 1 3 5 b7
Semitones: 0 4 7 10
Chord symbols: E7
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 E Dominant 7 Arpeggio: string 5 G# (3). None of those open-string tones is the E root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 5G#3

First root on each string

String 6Fret 1

String 5Fret 8

String 4Fret 3

String 3Fret 10

String 2Fret 6

String 1Fret 1

Low-string pattern

On the lowest Eb string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 5, 8, and 11, with the E root at fret 1. On the highest Eb string, the first E is at fret 1.

Fret 1E1

Fret 5G#3

Fret 8B5

Fret 11Db7

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play E Dominant 7 Arpeggio on the low Eb string at frets 1, 5, 8, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets G# on open string 5 ring, then connect it to the nearest E root and two other arpeggio tones.
Connect the E root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 1, 8, 3, 10, 6, and 1, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.