Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

E Diminished Arpeggio in B Standard Tuning

E Diminished Arpeggio in B Standard Tuning shows the same e diminished arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned B E A D F# B. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones
E, G, Bb
Formula
1 b3 b5
Semitones
0 3 6
Chord symbols
Edim
Tuning
B E A D F# B
Strings
6
Open pitch range
B1 to B3
24-fret range
B1 to B5

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 6 open strings belong to E Diminished Arpeggio: string 5 E (1). E roots occur on open string 5.

String 5E1

First root on each string

String 6Fret 5
String 5Open
String 4Fret 7
String 3Fret 2
String 2Fret 10
String 1Fret 5

Low-string pattern

On the lowest B string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 5, 8, and 11, with the E root at fret 5. On the highest B string, the first E is at fret 5.

Fret 5E1
Fret 8Gb3
Fret 11Bbb5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

  1. Play E Diminished Arpeggio on the low B string at frets 5, 8, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
  2. Build a phrase that lets E on open string 5 ring, then connect it to the nearest E root and two other arpeggio tones.
  3. Connect the E root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 5, 0, 7, 2, 10, and 5, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.

Fretboard diagram

E Diminished Arpeggio in B Standard Tuning fretboard diagram
E Diminished Arpeggio in B Standard Tuning guitar fretboard diagram showing B E A D F# B.

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Reference pages

Same arpeggio in other tunings