Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

F# Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in Drop C Tuning

F# Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in Drop C Tuning shows the same f# minor 7 flat 5 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned C G C F A D. 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: C G C F A D
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: C2 to D4
24-fret range: C2 to D6

Open strings and root positions

3 of the 6 open strings belong to F# Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio: string 6 C (b5), string 4 C (b5), and string 2 A (b3). None of those open-string tones is the F# root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 6Cb5

String 4Cb5

String 2Ab3

First root on each string

String 6Fret 6

String 5Fret 11

String 4Fret 6

String 3Fret 1

String 2Fret 9

String 1Fret 4

Low-string pattern

On the lowest C string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 0, 4, 6, and 9, with the F# root at fret 6. On the highest D string, the first F# is at fret 4.

OpenCb5

Fret 4Eb7

Fret 6F#1

Fret 9Ab3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play F# Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio on the low C string at frets 0, 4, 6, and 9, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets C on open string 6 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 6, 11, 6, 1, 9, and 4, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.