Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

F# Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in 7-String Standard Tuning

F# Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in 7-String Standard Tuning shows the same f# minor 7 flat 5 arpeggio chord tones across 7 strings tuned B E A D G B E. The seventh string adds lower chord-tone positions below a six-string layout while keeping the upper strings familiar.

Chord tones
F#, A, C, E
Formula
1 b3 b5 b7
Semitones
0 3 6 10
Chord symbols
F#m7b5
Tuning
B E A D G B E
Strings
7
Open pitch range
B1 to E4
24-fret range
B1 to E6

Open strings and root positions

3 of the 7 open strings belong to F# Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio: string 6 E (b7), string 5 A (b3), and string 1 E (b7). None of those open-string tones is the F# root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 6Eb7
String 5Ab3
String 1Eb7

First root on each string

String 7Fret 7
String 6Fret 2
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 1, 5, 7, and 10, with the F# root at fret 7. On the highest E string, the first F# is at fret 2.

Fret 1Cb5
Fret 5Eb7
Fret 7F#1
Fret 10Ab3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

  1. Play F# Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio on the low B string at frets 1, 5, 7, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
  2. Build a phrase that lets E on open string 6 ring, then connect it to the nearest F# root and two other arpeggio tones.
  3. Connect the F# root positions on strings 7 through 1 at frets 7, 2, 9, 4, 11, 7, and 2, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.

Fretboard diagram

F# Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in 7-String Standard Tuning fretboard diagram
F# Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in 7-String Standard Tuning guitar fretboard diagram showing B E A D G B E.

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Reference pages

Same arpeggio in other tunings