Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

B Diminished 7 Arpeggio in 7-String Standard Tuning

B Diminished 7 Arpeggio in 7-String Standard Tuning shows the same b diminished 7 arpeggio chord tones across 7 strings tuned B E A D G B E. The seventh string adds lower chord-tone positions below a six-string layout while keeping the upper strings familiar.

Chord tones: B, D, F, Ab
Formula: 1 b3 b5 bb7
Semitones: 0 3 6 9
Chord symbols: Bdim7
Tuning: B E A D G B E
Strings: 7
Open pitch range: B1 to E4
24-fret range: B1 to E6

Open strings and root positions

3 of the 7 open strings belong to B Diminished 7 Arpeggio: string 7 B (1), string 4 D (b3), and string 2 B (1). B roots occur on open strings 7 and 2.

String 7B1

String 4Db3

String 2B1

First root on each string

String 7Open

String 6Fret 7

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, 6, and 9, with the B root at fret 0. On the highest E string, the first B is at fret 7.

OpenB1

Fret 3Db3

Fret 6Fb5

Fret 9Abbb7

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play B Diminished 7 Arpeggio on the low B string at frets 0, 3, 6, and 9, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets B on open string 7 ring, then connect it to the nearest B root and two other arpeggio tones.
Connect the B root positions on strings 7 through 1 at frets 0, 7, 2, 9, 4, 0, and 7, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.