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Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

A Diminished Arpeggio in B Standard Tuning

A Diminished Arpeggio in B Standard Tuning shows the same a diminished 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
A, C, Eb
Formula
1 b3 b5
Semitones
0 3 6
Chord symbols
Adim
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

1 of the 6 open strings belong to A Diminished Arpeggio: string 4 A (1). A roots occur on open string 4.

String 4A1

First root on each string

String 6Fret 10
String 5Fret 5
String 4Open
String 3Fret 7
String 2Fret 3
String 1Fret 10

Low-string pattern

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

Fret 1Cb3
Fret 4Ebb5
Fret 10A1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

  1. Play A Diminished Arpeggio on the low B string at frets 1, 4, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
  2. Build a phrase that lets A on open string 4 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, 5, 0, 7, 3, and 10, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.

Fretboard diagram

A Diminished Arpeggio in B Standard Tuning fretboard diagram
A Diminished Arpeggio in B Standard Tuning guitar fretboard diagram showing B E A D F# B.

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Reference pages

A Diminished Guitar ArpeggioMain arpeggio referenceB Standard TuningTuning notes and range
A Minor 7 Flat 5 Guitar ArpeggioB Standard TuningA Diminished 7 Guitar ArpeggioB Standard TuningA Minor Guitar ArpeggioB Standard Tuning
A Locrian Guitar ScaleB Standard TuningA Minor Blues Guitar ScaleB Standard Tuning

Same arpeggio in other tunings

E Flat Standard TuningEb Ab Db Gb Bb EbD Standard TuningD G C F A DC Standard TuningC F Bb Eb G CDrop D TuningD A D G B EDrop C# TuningC# G# C# F# A# D#Drop C TuningC G C F A DDrop B TuningB F# B E G# C#DADGAD TuningD A D G A DOpen E TuningE B E G# B EOpen D TuningD A D F# A DOpen G TuningD G D G B DOpen C TuningC G C G C EOpen A TuningE A E A C# E7-String Standard TuningB E A D G B E7-String Drop A TuningA E A D G B E7-String Drop G TuningG D G C F A D8-String Standard TuningF# B E A D G B E8-String Drop E TuningE B E A D G B E