Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Bb Diminished Arpeggio in 7-String Standard Tuning

Bb Diminished Arpeggio in 7-String Standard Tuning shows the same bb diminished 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
Formula: 1 b3 b5
Semitones: 0 3 6
Chord symbols: Bbdim
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

2 of the 7 open strings belong to Bb Diminished Arpeggio: string 6 Fb (b5) 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 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, 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 11Bb1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Bb Diminished Arpeggio on the low B string at frets 2, 5, 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.