Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Eb Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning

Eb Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning shows the same eb minor 7 flat 5 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: Eb, Gb, Bbb, Db
Formula: 1 b3 b5 b7
Semitones: 0 3 6 10
Chord symbols: Ebm7b5
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

2 of the 6 open strings belong to Eb Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio: string 5 Gb (b3) and string 1 Db (b7). None of those open-string tones is the Eb root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 5Gbb3

String 1Dbb7

First root on each string

String 6Fret 4

String 5Fret 9

String 4Fret 4

String 3Fret 11

String 2Fret 7

String 1Fret 2

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 C# string, the first Eb is at fret 2.

Fret 2Dbb7

Fret 4Eb1

Fret 7Gbb3

Fret 10Bbbb5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

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.
Build a phrase that lets Gb on open string 5 ring, then connect it to the nearest Eb root and two other arpeggio tones.
Connect the Eb root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 4, 9, 4, 11, 7, and 2, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.