Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

E Diminished Arpeggio in 7-String Drop G Tuning

E Diminished Arpeggio in 7-String Drop G Tuning shows the same e 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: E, G, Bb
Formula: 1 b3 b5
Semitones: 0 3 6
Chord symbols: Edim
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

2 of the 7 open strings belong to E Diminished Arpeggio: string 7 G (b3) and string 5 G (b3). None of those open-string tones is the E root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 7Gb3

String 5Gb3

First root on each string

String 7Fret 9

String 6Fret 2

String 5Fret 9

String 4Fret 4

String 3Fret 11

String 2Fret 7

String 1Fret 2

Low-string pattern

On the lowest G string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 0, 3, and 9, with the E root at fret 9. On the highest D string, the first E is at fret 2.

OpenGb3

Fret 3Bbb5

Fret 9E1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play E Diminished Arpeggio on the low G string at frets 0, 3, and 9, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets G on open string 7 ring, then connect it to the nearest E root and two other arpeggio tones.
Connect the E root positions on strings 7 through 1 at frets 9, 2, 9, 4, 11, 7, and 2, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.