Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

F Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in Open C Tuning

F Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in Open C Tuning shows the same f minor 7 flat 5 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned C G C G C 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: C G C G C E
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: C2 to E4
24-fret range: C2 to E6

Open strings and root positions

None of the 6 open strings belongs to F Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio. Every arpeggio tone must therefore be fretted, beginning with the first available tone on the low C string.

First root on each string

String 6Fret 5

String 5Fret 10

String 4Fret 5

String 3Fret 10

String 2Fret 5

String 1Fret 1

Low-string pattern

On the lowest C string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 3, 5, 8, and 11, with the F root at fret 5. On the highest E string, the first F is at fret 1.

Fret 3Ebb7

Fret 5F1

Fret 8Abb3

Fret 11Cbb5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play F Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio on the low C string at frets 3, 5, 8, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Play the arpeggio without using an open string, then stop on the nearest F root each time the line changes strings.
Connect the F root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 5, 10, 5, 10, 5, and 1, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.