Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Eb Minor 7 Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning

Eb Minor 7 Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning shows the same eb minor 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
Eb, Gb, Bb, Db
Formula
1 b3 5 b7
Semitones
0 3 7 10
Chord symbols
Ebm7, Ebmin7
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 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 11, 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 11Bb5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

  1. Play Eb Minor 7 Arpeggio on the low B string at frets 2, 4, 7, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
  2. Build a phrase that lets Gb 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 6 through 1 at frets 4, 9, 4, 11, 7, and 2, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.

Fretboard diagram

Eb Minor 7 Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning fretboard diagram
Eb Minor 7 Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning guitar fretboard diagram showing B F# B E G# C#.

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Reference pages

Same arpeggio in other tunings