Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

C Diminished 7 Arpeggio in Open D Tuning

C Diminished 7 Arpeggio in Open D Tuning shows the same c diminished 7 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned D A D F# A D. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones: C, Eb, Gb, Bbb
Formula: 1 b3 b5 bb7
Semitones: 0 3 6 9
Chord symbols: Cdim7
Tuning: D A D F# A D
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: D2 to D4
24-fret range: D2 to D6

Open strings and root positions

3 of the 6 open strings belong to C Diminished 7 Arpeggio: string 5 Bbb (bb7), string 3 Gb (b5), and string 2 Bbb (bb7). None of those open-string tones is the C root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 5Bbbbb7

String 3Gbb5

String 2Bbbbb7

First root on each string

String 6Fret 10

String 5Fret 3

String 4Fret 10

String 3Fret 6

String 2Fret 3

String 1Fret 10

Low-string pattern

On the lowest D string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 4, 7, and 10, with the C root at fret 10. On the highest D string, the first C is at fret 10.

Fret 1Ebb3

Fret 4Gbb5

Fret 7Bbbbb7

Fret 10C1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play C Diminished 7 Arpeggio on the low D string at frets 1, 4, 7, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets Bbb on open string 5 ring, then connect it to the nearest C root and two other arpeggio tones.
Connect the C root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 10, 3, 10, 6, 3, and 10, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.