Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

D Diminished Arpeggio in 7-String Standard Tuning

D Diminished Arpeggio in 7-String Standard Tuning shows the same d diminished arpeggio chord tones across 7 strings tuned B E A D G B E. 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: B E A D G B E
Strings: 7
Open pitch range: B1 to E4
24-fret range: B1 to E6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 7 open strings belong to D Diminished Arpeggio: string 4 D (1). D roots occur on open string 4.

String 4D1

First root on each string

String 7Fret 3

String 6Fret 10

String 5Fret 5

String 4Open

String 3Fret 7

String 2Fret 3

String 1Fret 10

Low-string pattern

On the lowest B string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 3, 6, and 9, with the D root at fret 3. On the highest E string, the first D is at fret 10.

Fret 3D1

Fret 6Fb3

Fret 9Abb5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play D Diminished Arpeggio on the low B string at frets 3, 6, and 9, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets D on open string 4 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 3, 10, 5, 0, 7, 3, and 10, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.