Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

E Diminished Arpeggio in Open D Tuning

E Diminished Arpeggio in Open D Tuning shows the same e diminished arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned D A D 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: D A D F# A D
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: D2 to D4
24-fret range: D2 to D6

Open strings and root positions

None of the 6 open strings belongs to E Diminished Arpeggio. Every arpeggio tone must therefore be fretted, beginning with the first available tone on the low D string.

First root on each string

String 6Fret 2

String 5Fret 7

String 4Fret 2

String 3Fret 10

String 2Fret 7

String 1Fret 2

Low-string pattern

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

Fret 2E1

Fret 5Gb3

Fret 8Bbb5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play E Diminished Arpeggio on the low D string at frets 2, 5, and 8, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Play the arpeggio without using an open string, then stop on the nearest E root each time the line changes strings.
Connect the E root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 2, 7, 2, 10, 7, and 2, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.