Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

A Diminished 7 Arpeggio in DADGAD Tuning

A Diminished 7 Arpeggio in DADGAD Tuning shows the same a diminished 7 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned D A D G A D. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones
A, C, Eb, Gb
Formula
1 b3 b5 bb7
Semitones
0 3 6 9
Chord symbols
Adim7
Tuning
D A D G A D
Strings
6
Open pitch range
D2 to D4
24-fret range
D2 to D6

Open strings and root positions

2 of the 6 open strings belong to A Diminished 7 Arpeggio: string 5 A (1) and string 2 A (1). A roots occur on open strings 5 and 2.

String 5A1
String 2A1

First root on each string

String 6Fret 7
String 5Open
String 4Fret 7
String 3Fret 2
String 2Open
String 1Fret 7

Low-string pattern

On the lowest D string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 4, 7, and 10, with the A root at fret 7. On the highest D string, the first A is at fret 7.

Fret 1Ebb5
Fret 4Gbbb7
Fret 7A1
Fret 10Cb3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

  1. Play A Diminished 7 Arpeggio on the low D string at frets 1, 4, 7, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
  2. Build a phrase that lets A on open string 5 ring, then connect it to the nearest A root and two other arpeggio tones.
  3. Connect the A root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 7, 0, 7, 2, 0, and 7, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.

Fretboard diagram

A Diminished 7 Arpeggio in DADGAD Tuning fretboard diagram
A Diminished 7 Arpeggio in DADGAD Tuning guitar fretboard diagram showing D A D G A D.

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Reference pages

Same arpeggio in other tunings