Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Bb Diminished 7 Arpeggio in 7-String Standard Tuning

Bb Diminished 7 Arpeggio in 7-String Standard Tuning shows the same bb 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: Bb, Db, Fb, Abb
Formula: 1 b3 b5 bb7
Semitones: 0 3 6 9
Chord symbols: Bbdim7
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 Bb Diminished 7 Arpeggio: string 6 Fb (b5), string 3 Abb (bb7), and string 1 Fb (b5). None of those open-string tones is the Bb root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 6Fbb5

String 3Abbbb7

String 1Fbb5

First root on each string

String 7Fret 11

String 6Fret 6

String 5Fret 1

String 4Fret 8

String 3Fret 3

String 2Fret 11

String 1Fret 6

Low-string pattern

On the lowest B string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 2, 5, 8, and 11, with the Bb root at fret 11. On the highest E string, the first Bb is at fret 6.

Fret 2Dbb3

Fret 5Fbb5

Fret 8Abbbb7

Fret 11Bb1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Bb Diminished 7 Arpeggio on the low B string at frets 2, 5, 8, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets Fb on open string 6 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 11, 6, 1, 8, 3, 11, and 6, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.