Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

D Diminished Arpeggio in C Standard Tuning

D Diminished Arpeggio in C Standard Tuning shows the same d diminished arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned C F Bb Eb G C. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones: D, F, Ab
Formula: 1 b3 b5
Semitones: 0 3 6
Chord symbols: Ddim
Tuning: C F Bb Eb G C
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: C2 to C4
24-fret range: C2 to C6

Open strings and root positions

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

String 5Fb3

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

Fret 2D1

Fret 5Fb3

Fret 8Abb5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

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