Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Ab Diminished Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning

Ab Diminished Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning shows the same ab 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: Ab, Cb, Ebb
Formula: 1 b3 b5
Semitones: 0 3 6
Chord symbols: Abdim
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

3 of the 6 open strings belong to Ab Diminished Arpeggio: string 6 Cb (b3), string 4 Cb (b3), and string 2 Ab (1). Ab roots occur on open string 2.

String 6Cbb3

String 4Cbb3

String 2Ab1

First root on each string

String 6Fret 9

String 5Fret 2

String 4Fret 9

String 3Fret 4

String 2Open

String 1Fret 7

Low-string pattern

On the lowest B string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 0, 3, and 9, with the Ab root at fret 9. On the highest C# string, the first Ab is at fret 7.

OpenCbb3

Fret 3Ebbb5

Fret 9Ab1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Ab Diminished Arpeggio on the low B string at frets 0, 3, and 9, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets Cb 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 9, 2, 9, 4, 0, and 7, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.