Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

C Diminished Arpeggio in 7-String Drop A Tuning

C Diminished Arpeggio in 7-String Drop A Tuning shows the same c diminished arpeggio chord tones across 7 strings tuned A 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: C, Eb, Gb
Formula: 1 b3 b5
Semitones: 0 3 6
Chord symbols: Cdim
Tuning: A E A D G B E
Strings: 7
Open pitch range: A1 to E4
24-fret range: A1 to E6

Open strings and root positions

None of the 7 open strings belongs to C Diminished Arpeggio. Every arpeggio tone must therefore be fretted, beginning with the first available tone on the low A string.

First root on each string

String 7Fret 3

String 6Fret 8

String 5Fret 3

String 4Fret 10

String 3Fret 5

String 2Fret 1

String 1Fret 8

Low-string pattern

On the lowest A string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 3, 6, and 9, with the C root at fret 3. On the highest E string, the first C is at fret 8.

Fret 3C1

Fret 6Ebb3

Fret 9Gbb5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play C Diminished Arpeggio on the low A string at frets 3, 6, and 9, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Play the arpeggio without using an open string, then stop on the nearest C root each time the line changes strings.
Connect the C root positions on strings 7 through 1 at frets 3, 8, 3, 10, 5, 1, and 8, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.