Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

C# Diminished Arpeggio in B Standard Tuning

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

Chord tones: C#, E, G
Formula: 1 b3 b5
Semitones: 0 3 6
Chord symbols: C#dim
Tuning: B E A D F# B
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: B1 to B3
24-fret range: B1 to B5

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 6 open strings belong to C# Diminished Arpeggio: string 5 E (b3). None of those open-string tones is the C# root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 5Eb3

First root on each string

String 6Fret 2

String 5Fret 9

String 4Fret 4

String 3Fret 11

String 2Fret 7

String 1Fret 2

Low-string pattern

On the lowest B string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 2, 5, and 8, with the C# root at fret 2. On the highest B string, the first C# is at fret 2.

Fret 2C#1

Fret 5Eb3

Fret 8Gb5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play C# Diminished Arpeggio on the low B string at frets 2, 5, and 8, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets E 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 2, 9, 4, 11, 7, and 2, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.