Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

B Diminished Arpeggio in Drop C# Tuning

B Diminished Arpeggio in Drop C# Tuning shows the same b diminished 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
Formula: 1 b3 b5
Semitones: 0 3 6
Chord symbols: Bdim
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

None of the 6 open strings belongs to B Diminished Arpeggio. Every arpeggio tone must therefore be fretted, beginning with the first available tone on the low C# string.

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, 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 10B1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play B Diminished Arpeggio on the low C# string at frets 1, 4, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Play the arpeggio without using an open string, then stop on the nearest B root each time the line changes strings.
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.