Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram
Eb Diminished 7 Arpeggio in 7-String Drop A Tuning
Eb Diminished 7 Arpeggio in 7-String Drop A Tuning shows the same eb diminished 7 arpeggio chord tones across 7 strings tuned A E A D G B E. The seventh string adds lower chord-tone positions below a six-string layout while keeping the upper strings familiar.
- Chord tones
- Eb, Gb, Bbb, Dbb
- Formula
- 1 b3 b5 bb7
- Semitones
- 0 3 6 9
- Chord symbols
- Ebdim7
- Tuning
- A E A D G B E
- Strings
- 7
- Open pitch range
- A1 to E4
- 24-fret range
- A1 to E6
Open strings and root positions
2 of the 7 open strings belong to Eb Diminished 7 Arpeggio: string 7 Bbb (b5) and string 5 Bbb (b5). None of those open-string tones is the Eb root, so the root must be fretted on every string.
First root on each string
Low-string pattern
On the lowest A string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 0, 3, 6, and 9, with the Eb root at fret 6. On the highest E string, the first Eb is at fret 11.
Practice this tuning-specific layout
- Play Eb Diminished 7 Arpeggio on the low A string at frets 0, 3, 6, and 9, saying each note name and degree aloud.
- Build a phrase that lets Bbb on open string 7 ring, then connect it to the nearest Eb root and two other arpeggio tones.
- Connect the Eb root positions on strings 7 through 1 at frets 6, 11, 6, 1, 8, 4, and 11, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.
Fretboard diagram
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