Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

B Diminished 7 Arpeggio in Drop C# Tuning

B Diminished 7 Arpeggio in Drop C# Tuning shows the same b diminished 7 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned C# G# C# F# A# D#. 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# G# C# F# A# D#
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: C#2 to D#4
24-fret range: C#2 to D#6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 6 open strings belong to B Diminished 7 Arpeggio: string 5 Ab (bb7). None of those open-string tones is the B root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 5Abbb7

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 C# string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 4, 7, and 10, with the B root at fret 10. On the highest D# string, the first B is at fret 8.

Fret 1Db3

Fret 4Fb5

Fret 7Abbb7

Fret 10B1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play B Diminished 7 Arpeggio on the low C# string at frets 1, 4, 7, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets Ab 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 10, 3, 10, 5, 1, and 8, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.