Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Ab Diminished Arpeggio in DADGAD Tuning

Ab Diminished Arpeggio in DADGAD Tuning shows the same ab diminished arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned D A D G A D. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones: Ab, Cb, Ebb
Formula: 1 b3 b5
Semitones: 0 3 6
Chord symbols: Abdim
Tuning: D A D G A D
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: D2 to D4
24-fret range: D2 to D6

Open strings and root positions

3 of the 6 open strings belong to Ab Diminished Arpeggio: string 6 Ebb (b5), string 4 Ebb (b5), and string 1 Ebb (b5). None of those open-string tones is the Ab root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 6Ebbb5

String 4Ebbb5

String 1Ebbb5

First root on each string

String 6Fret 6

String 5Fret 11

String 4Fret 6

String 3Fret 1

String 2Fret 11

String 1Fret 6

Low-string pattern

On the lowest D string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 0, 6, and 9, with the Ab root at fret 6. On the highest D string, the first Ab is at fret 6.

OpenEbbb5

Fret 6Ab1

Fret 9Cbb3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Ab Diminished Arpeggio on the low D string at frets 0, 6, and 9, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets Ebb on open string 6 ring, then connect it to the nearest Ab root and two other arpeggio tones.
Connect the Ab root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 6, 11, 6, 1, 11, and 6, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.