Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

D Diminished Arpeggio in 7-String Drop G Tuning

D Diminished Arpeggio in 7-String Drop G Tuning shows the same d diminished arpeggio chord tones across 7 strings tuned G D G C F A D. The seventh string adds lower chord-tone positions below a six-string layout while keeping the upper strings familiar.

Chord tones: D, F, Ab
Formula: 1 b3 b5
Semitones: 0 3 6
Chord symbols: Ddim
Tuning: G D G C F A D
Strings: 7
Open pitch range: G1 to D4
24-fret range: G1 to D6

Open strings and root positions

3 of the 7 open strings belong to D Diminished Arpeggio: string 6 D (1), string 3 F (b3), and string 1 D (1). D roots occur on open strings 6 and 1.

String 6D1

String 3Fb3

String 1D1

First root on each string

String 7Fret 7

String 6Open

String 5Fret 7

String 4Fret 2

String 3Fret 9

String 2Fret 5

String 1Open

Low-string pattern

On the lowest G string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 7, and 10, with the D root at fret 7. On the highest D string, the first D is at fret 0.

Fret 1Abb5

Fret 7D1

Fret 10Fb3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play D Diminished Arpeggio on the low G string at frets 1, 7, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets D on open string 6 ring, then connect it to the nearest D root and two other arpeggio tones.
Connect the D root positions on strings 7 through 1 at frets 7, 0, 7, 2, 9, 5, and 0, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.