Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

A Diminished Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning

A Diminished Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning shows the same a diminished 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
Formula: 1 b3 b5
Semitones: 0 3 6
Chord symbols: Adim
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

None of the 6 open strings belongs to A Diminished Arpeggio. Every arpeggio tone must therefore be fretted, beginning with the first available tone on the low B string.

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, 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 10A1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play A Diminished Arpeggio on the low B string at frets 1, 4, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Play the arpeggio without using an open string, then stop on the nearest A root each time the line changes strings.
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.