Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

E Diminished Arpeggio in Drop C Tuning

E Diminished Arpeggio in Drop C Tuning shows the same e 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: E, G, Bb
Formula: 1 b3 b5
Semitones: 0 3 6
Chord symbols: Edim
Tuning: C G C F A D
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: C2 to D4
24-fret range: C2 to D6

Open strings and root positions

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

String 5Gb3

First root on each string

String 6Fret 4

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 4, 7, and 10, with the E root at fret 4. On the highest D string, the first E is at fret 2.

Fret 4E1

Fret 7Gb3

Fret 10Bbb5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play E Diminished Arpeggio on the low C string at frets 4, 7, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets G on open string 5 ring, then connect it to the nearest E root and two other arpeggio tones.
Connect the E root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 4, 9, 4, 11, 7, and 2, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.