Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

B Diminished 7 Arpeggio in C Standard Tuning

B Diminished 7 Arpeggio in C Standard Tuning shows the same b diminished 7 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned C F Bb Eb G C. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones: B, D, F, Ab
Formula: 1 b3 b5 bb7
Semitones: 0 3 6 9
Chord symbols: Bdim7
Tuning: C F Bb Eb G C
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: C2 to C4
24-fret range: C2 to C6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 6 open strings belong to B Diminished 7 Arpeggio: string 5 F (b5). None of those open-string tones is the B root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 5Fb5

First root on each string

String 6Fret 11

String 5Fret 6

String 4Fret 1

String 3Fret 8

String 2Fret 4

String 1Fret 11

Low-string pattern

On the lowest C string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 2, 5, 8, and 11, with the B root at fret 11. On the highest C string, the first B is at fret 11.

Fret 2Db3

Fret 5Fb5

Fret 8Abbb7

Fret 11B1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play B Diminished 7 Arpeggio on the low C string at frets 2, 5, 8, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets F on open string 5 ring, then connect it to the nearest B root and two other arpeggio tones.
Connect the B root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 11, 6, 1, 8, 4, and 11, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.