Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

F# Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in E Flat Standard Tuning

F# Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in E Flat Standard Tuning shows the same f# minor 7 flat 5 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb. 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: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: Eb2 to Eb4
24-fret range: Eb2 to Eb6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 6 open strings belong to F# Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio: string 3 F# (1). F# roots occur on open string 3.

String 3F#1

First root on each string

String 6Fret 3

String 5Fret 10

String 4Fret 5

String 3Open

String 2Fret 8

String 1Fret 3

Low-string pattern

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

Fret 1Eb7

Fret 3F#1

Fret 6Ab3

Fret 9Cb5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play F# Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio on the low Eb string at frets 1, 3, 6, and 9, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets F# on open string 3 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, 10, 5, 0, 8, and 3, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.