Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

A Diminished 7 Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning

A Diminished 7 Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning shows the same a diminished 7 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
A, C, Eb, Gb
Formula
1 b3 b5 bb7
Semitones
0 3 6 9
Chord symbols
Adim7
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

1 of the 6 open strings belong to A Diminished 7 Arpeggio: string 5 Gb (bb7). None of those open-string tones is the A root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 5Gbbb7

First root on each string

String 6Fret 10
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 1, 4, 7, and 10, with the A root at fret 10. On the highest C# string, the first A is at fret 8.

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

Practice this tuning-specific layout

  1. Play A Diminished 7 Arpeggio on the low B string at frets 1, 4, 7, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
  2. Build a phrase that lets Gb 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 10, 3, 10, 5, 1, and 8, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.

Fretboard diagram

A Diminished 7 Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning fretboard diagram
A Diminished 7 Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning guitar fretboard diagram showing B F# B E G# C#.

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Reference pages

Same arpeggio in other tunings