Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

F# Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning

F# Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning shows the same f# minor 7 flat 5 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: F#, A, C, E
Formula: 1 b3 b5 b7
Semitones: 0 3 6 10
Chord symbols: F#m7b5
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 F# Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio: string 5 F# (1) and string 3 E (b7). F# roots occur on open string 5.

String 5F#1

String 3Eb7

First root on each string

String 6Fret 7

String 5Open

String 4Fret 7

String 3Fret 2

String 2Fret 10

String 1Fret 5

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 C# string, the first F# is at fret 5.

Fret 1Cb5

Fret 5Eb7

Fret 7F#1

Fret 10Ab3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

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.
Build a phrase that lets F# on open string 5 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 7, 0, 7, 2, 10, and 5, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.