Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

G Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in B Standard Tuning

G Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio in B Standard Tuning shows the same g minor 7 flat 5 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned B E A D F# B. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones: G, Bb, Db, F
Formula: 1 b3 b5 b7
Semitones: 0 3 6 10
Chord symbols: Gm7b5
Tuning: B E A D F# B
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: B1 to B3
24-fret range: B1 to B5

Open strings and root positions

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

First root on each string

String 6Fret 8

String 5Fret 3

String 4Fret 10

String 3Fret 5

String 2Fret 1

String 1Fret 8

Low-string pattern

On the lowest B string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 2, 6, 8, and 11, with the G root at fret 8. On the highest B string, the first G is at fret 8.

Fret 2Dbb5

Fret 6Fb7

Fret 8G1

Fret 11Bbb3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play G Minor 7 Flat 5 Arpeggio on the low B string at frets 2, 6, 8, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Play the arpeggio without using an open string, then stop on the nearest G root each time the line changes strings.
Connect the G root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 8, 3, 10, 5, 1, and 8, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.