Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

D Diminished Arpeggio in Drop C# Tuning

D Diminished Arpeggio in Drop C# Tuning shows the same d diminished arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned C# G# C# F# A# D#. 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# G# C# F# A# D#
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: C#2 to D#4
24-fret range: C#2 to D#6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 6 open strings belong to D Diminished 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 1

String 5Fret 6

String 4Fret 1

String 3Fret 8

String 2Fret 4

String 1Fret 11

Low-string pattern

On the lowest C# string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 4, and 7, with the D root at fret 1. On the highest D# string, the first D is at fret 11.

Fret 1D1

Fret 4Fb3

Fret 7Abb5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play D Diminished Arpeggio on the low C# string at frets 1, 4, and 7, 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 1, 6, 1, 8, 4, and 11, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.