Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Eb Diminished 7 Arpeggio in 7-String Drop G Tuning

Eb Diminished 7 Arpeggio in 7-String Drop G Tuning shows the same eb diminished 7 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: Eb, Gb, Bbb, Dbb
Formula: 1 b3 b5 bb7
Semitones: 0 3 6 9
Chord symbols: Ebdim7
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 Eb Diminished 7 Arpeggio: string 4 Dbb (bb7) and string 2 Bbb (b5). None of those open-string tones is the Eb root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 4Dbbbb7

String 2Bbbb5

First root on each string

String 7Fret 8

String 6Fret 1

String 5Fret 8

String 4Fret 3

String 3Fret 10

String 2Fret 6

String 1Fret 1

Low-string pattern

On the lowest G string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 2, 5, 8, and 11, with the Eb root at fret 8. On the highest D string, the first Eb is at fret 1.

Fret 2Bbbb5

Fret 5Dbbbb7

Fret 8Eb1

Fret 11Gbb3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Eb Diminished 7 Arpeggio on the low G string at frets 2, 5, 8, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets Dbb on open string 4 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 8, 1, 8, 3, 10, 6, and 1, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.