Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Bb Diminished 7 Arpeggio in 7-String Drop G Tuning

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

Chord tones: Bb, Db, Fb, Abb
Formula: 1 b3 b5 bb7
Semitones: 0 3 6 9
Chord symbols: Bbdim7
Tuning: G D G C F A D
Strings: 7
Open pitch range: G1 to D4
24-fret range: G1 to D6

Open strings and root positions

2 of the 7 open strings belong to Bb Diminished 7 Arpeggio: string 7 Abb (bb7) and string 5 Abb (bb7). None of those open-string tones is the Bb root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 7Abbbb7

String 5Abbbb7

First root on each string

String 7Fret 3

String 6Fret 8

String 5Fret 3

String 4Fret 10

String 3Fret 5

String 2Fret 1

String 1Fret 8

Low-string pattern

On the lowest G string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 0, 3, 6, and 9, with the Bb root at fret 3. On the highest D string, the first Bb is at fret 8.

OpenAbbbb7

Fret 3Bb1

Fret 6Dbb3

Fret 9Fbb5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Bb Diminished 7 Arpeggio on the low G string at frets 0, 3, 6, and 9, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets Abb on open string 7 ring, then connect it to the nearest Bb root and two other arpeggio tones.
Connect the Bb root positions on strings 7 through 1 at frets 3, 8, 3, 10, 5, 1, and 8, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.