Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

D Diminished 7 Arpeggio in E Flat Standard Tuning

D Diminished 7 Arpeggio in E Flat Standard Tuning shows the same d diminished 7 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones: D, F, Ab, Cb
Formula: 1 b3 b5 bb7
Semitones: 0 3 6 9
Chord symbols: Ddim7
Tuning: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: Eb2 to Eb4
24-fret range: Eb2 to Eb6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 6 open strings belong to D Diminished 7 Arpeggio: string 5 Ab (b5). None of those open-string tones is the D root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 5Abb5

First root on each string

String 6Fret 11

String 5Fret 6

String 4Fret 1

String 3Fret 8

String 2Fret 4

String 1Fret 11

Low-string pattern

On the lowest Eb string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 2, 5, 8, and 11, with the D root at fret 11. On the highest Eb string, the first D is at fret 11.

Fret 2Fb3

Fret 5Abb5

Fret 8Cbbb7

Fret 11D1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play D Diminished 7 Arpeggio on the low Eb string at frets 2, 5, 8, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets Ab on open string 5 ring, then connect it to the nearest D root and two other arpeggio tones.
Connect the D root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 11, 6, 1, 8, 4, and 11, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.