Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Eb Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in Open A Tuning

Eb Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in Open A Tuning shows the same eb minor 7 flat 5 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned E A E A C# E. 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: E A E A C# E
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: E2 to E4
24-fret range: E2 to E6

Open strings and root positions

3 of the 6 open strings belong to Eb Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio: string 5 Bbb (b5), string 3 Bbb (b5), and string 2 Db (b7). None of those open-string tones is the Eb root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 5Bbbb5

String 3Bbbb5

String 2Dbb7

First root on each string

String 6Fret 11

String 5Fret 6

String 4Fret 11

String 3Fret 6

String 2Fret 2

String 1Fret 11

Low-string pattern

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

Fret 2Gbb3

Fret 5Bbbb5

Fret 9Dbb7

Fret 11Eb1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

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