Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Bb Diminished Arpeggio in Drop C Tuning

Bb Diminished Arpeggio in Drop C Tuning shows the same bb 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: Bb, Db, Fb
Formula: 1 b3 b5
Semitones: 0 3 6
Chord symbols: Bbdim
Tuning: C G C F A D
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: C2 to D4
24-fret range: C2 to D6

Open strings and root positions

None of the 6 open strings belongs to Bb 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 Bb root at fret 10. On the highest D string, the first Bb is at fret 8.

Fret 1Dbb3

Fret 4Fbb5

Fret 10Bb1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Bb 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 Bb root each time the line changes strings.
Connect the Bb 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.