Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Bb Diminished Arpeggio in E Flat Standard Tuning

Bb Diminished Arpeggio in E Flat Standard Tuning shows the same bb diminished arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb. 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: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: Eb2 to Eb4
24-fret range: Eb2 to Eb6

Open strings and root positions

2 of the 6 open strings belong to Bb Diminished Arpeggio: string 4 Db (b3) and string 2 Bb (1). Bb roots occur on open string 2.

String 4Dbb3

String 2Bb1

First root on each string

String 6Fret 7

String 5Fret 2

String 4Fret 9

String 3Fret 4

String 2Open

String 1Fret 7

Low-string pattern

On the lowest Eb string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 7, and 10, with the Bb root at fret 7. On the highest Eb string, the first Bb is at fret 7.

Fret 1Fbb5

Fret 7Bb1

Fret 10Dbb3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Bb Diminished Arpeggio on the low Eb string at frets 1, 7, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets Db on open string 4 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 7, 2, 9, 4, 0, and 7, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.