Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

A Diminished 7 Arpeggio in Open C Tuning

A Diminished 7 Arpeggio in Open C Tuning shows the same a diminished 7 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned C G C G C 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
C G C G C E
Strings
6
Open pitch range
C2 to E4
24-fret range
C2 to E6

Open strings and root positions

3 of the 6 open strings belong to A Diminished 7 Arpeggio: string 6 C (b3), string 4 C (b3), and string 2 C (b3). None of those open-string tones is the A root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 6Cb3
String 4Cb3
String 2Cb3

First root on each string

String 6Fret 9
String 5Fret 2
String 4Fret 9
String 3Fret 2
String 2Fret 9
String 1Fret 5

Low-string pattern

On the lowest C string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 0, 3, 6, and 9, with the A root at fret 9. On the highest E string, the first A is at fret 5.

OpenCb3
Fret 3Ebb5
Fret 6Gbbb7
Fret 9A1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

  1. Play A Diminished 7 Arpeggio on the low C string at frets 0, 3, 6, and 9, saying each note name and degree aloud.
  2. Build a phrase that lets C on open string 6 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 9, 2, 9, 2, 9, and 5, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.

Fretboard diagram

A Diminished 7 Arpeggio in Open C Tuning fretboard diagram
A Diminished 7 Arpeggio in Open C Tuning guitar fretboard diagram showing C G C G C E.

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Reference pages

Same arpeggio in other tunings