Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

F Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in Drop D Tuning

F Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in Drop D Tuning shows the same f minor 7 flat 5 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned D A D G B E. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones: F, Ab, Cb, Eb
Formula: 1 b3 b5 b7
Semitones: 0 3 6 10
Chord symbols: Fm7b5
Tuning: D A D G B E
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: D2 to E4
24-fret range: D2 to E6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 6 open strings belong to F Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio: string 2 Cb (b5). None of those open-string tones is the F root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 2Cbb5

First root on each string

String 6Fret 3

String 5Fret 8

String 4Fret 3

String 3Fret 10

String 2Fret 6

String 1Fret 1

Low-string pattern

On the lowest D string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 3, 6, and 9, with the F root at fret 3. On the highest E string, the first F is at fret 1.

Fret 1Ebb7

Fret 3F1

Fret 6Abb3

Fret 9Cbb5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play F Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio on the low D string at frets 1, 3, 6, and 9, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets Cb on open string 2 ring, then connect it to the nearest F root and two other arpeggio tones.
Connect the F root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 3, 8, 3, 10, 6, and 1, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.