Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

C# Diminished Arpeggio in DADGAD Tuning

C# Diminished Arpeggio in DADGAD Tuning shows the same c# diminished arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned D A D G A D. 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
D A D G A D
Strings
6
Open pitch range
D2 to D4
24-fret range
D2 to D6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 6 open strings belong to C# Diminished Arpeggio: string 3 G (b5). None of those open-string tones is the C# root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 3Gb5

First root on each string

String 6Fret 11
String 5Fret 4
String 4Fret 11
String 3Fret 6
String 2Fret 4
String 1Fret 11

Low-string pattern

On the lowest D string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 2, 5, and 11, with the C# root at fret 11. On the highest D string, the first C# is at fret 11.

Fret 2Eb3
Fret 5Gb5
Fret 11C#1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

  1. Play C# Diminished Arpeggio on the low D string at frets 2, 5, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
  2. Build a phrase that lets G on open string 3 ring, then connect it to the nearest C# root and two other arpeggio tones.
  3. Connect the C# root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 11, 4, 11, 6, 4, and 11, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.

Fretboard diagram

C# Diminished Arpeggio in DADGAD Tuning fretboard diagram
C# Diminished Arpeggio in DADGAD Tuning guitar fretboard diagram showing D A D G A D.

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Reference pages

Same arpeggio in other tunings