Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Bb Diminished 7 Arpeggio in Open G Tuning

Bb Diminished 7 Arpeggio in Open G Tuning shows the same bb diminished 7 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned D G D G B D. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones: Bb, Db, Fb, Abb
Formula: 1 b3 b5 bb7
Semitones: 0 3 6 9
Chord symbols: Bbdim7
Tuning: D G D G B D
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: D2 to D4
24-fret range: D2 to D6

Open strings and root positions

2 of the 6 open strings belong to Bb Diminished 7 Arpeggio: string 5 Abb (bb7) and string 3 Abb (bb7). None of those open-string tones is the Bb root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 5Abbbb7

String 3Abbbb7

First root on each string

String 6Fret 8

String 5Fret 3

String 4Fret 8

String 3Fret 3

String 2Fret 11

String 1Fret 8

Low-string pattern

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

Fret 2Fbb5

Fret 5Abbbb7

Fret 8Bb1

Fret 11Dbb3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Bb Diminished 7 Arpeggio on the low D string at frets 2, 5, 8, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets Abb on open string 5 ring, then connect it to the nearest Bb root and two other arpeggio tones.
Connect the Bb root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 8, 3, 8, 3, 11, and 8, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.