Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Eb Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in 7-String Standard Tuning

Eb Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in 7-String Standard Tuning shows the same eb minor 7 flat 5 arpeggio chord tones across 7 strings tuned B E A D G B E. The seventh string adds lower chord-tone positions below a six-string layout while keeping the upper strings familiar.

Chord tones
Eb, Gb, Bbb, Db
Formula
1 b3 b5 b7
Semitones
0 3 6 10
Chord symbols
Ebm7b5
Tuning
B E A D G B E
Strings
7
Open pitch range
B1 to E4
24-fret range
B1 to E6

Open strings and root positions

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

String 5Bbbb5

First root on each string

String 7Fret 4
String 6Fret 11
String 5Fret 6
String 4Fret 1
String 3Fret 8
String 2Fret 4
String 1Fret 11

Low-string pattern

On the lowest B string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 2, 4, 7, and 10, with the Eb root at fret 4. On the highest E string, the first Eb is at fret 11.

Fret 2Dbb7
Fret 4Eb1
Fret 7Gbb3
Fret 10Bbbb5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

  1. Play Eb Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio on the low B string at frets 2, 4, 7, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
  2. Build a phrase that lets Bbb on open string 5 ring, then connect it to the nearest Eb root and two other arpeggio tones.
  3. Connect the Eb root positions on strings 7 through 1 at frets 4, 11, 6, 1, 8, 4, and 11, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.

Fretboard diagram

Eb Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in 7-String Standard Tuning fretboard diagram
Eb Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in 7-String Standard Tuning guitar fretboard diagram showing B E A D G B E.

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Reference pages

Same arpeggio in other tunings