Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

C Diminished Arpeggio in 8-String Drop E Tuning

C Diminished Arpeggio in 8-String Drop E Tuning shows the same c diminished arpeggio chord tones across 8 strings tuned E B E A D G B E. The seventh and eighth strings extend the arpeggio into the lower register for wider-range chord tones and riff shapes.

Chord tones: C, Eb, Gb
Formula: 1 b3 b5
Semitones: 0 3 6
Chord symbols: Cdim
Tuning: E B E A D G B E
Strings: 8
Open pitch range: E1 to E4
24-fret range: E1 to E6

Open strings and root positions

None of the 8 open strings belongs to C Diminished Arpeggio. Every arpeggio tone must therefore be fretted, beginning with the first available tone on the low E string.

First root on each string

String 8Fret 8

String 7Fret 1

String 6Fret 8

String 5Fret 3

String 4Fret 10

String 3Fret 5

String 2Fret 1

String 1Fret 8

Low-string pattern

On the lowest E string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 2, 8, and 11, with the C root at fret 8. On the highest E string, the first C is at fret 8.

Fret 2Gbb5

Fret 8C1

Fret 11Ebb3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play C Diminished Arpeggio on the low E string at frets 2, 8, and 11, 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 8 through 1 at frets 8, 1, 8, 3, 10, 5, 1, and 8, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.