Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

A Diminished 7 Arpeggio in Drop D Tuning

A Diminished 7 Arpeggio in Drop D Tuning shows the same a diminished 7 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned D A D G B E. 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 B E
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: D2 to E4
24-fret range: D2 to E6

Open strings and root positions

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

String 5A1

First root on each string

String 6Fret 7

String 5Open

String 4Fret 7

String 3Fret 2

String 2Fret 10

String 1Fret 5

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 E string, the first A is at fret 5.

Fret 1Ebb5

Fret 4Gbbb7

Fret 7A1

Fret 10Cb3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

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