Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Eb Diminished 7 Arpeggio in 8-String Drop E Tuning

Eb Diminished 7 Arpeggio in 8-String Drop E Tuning shows the same eb diminished 7 arpeggio chord tones across 8 strings tuned E B E A D G B E. The seventh and eighth strings extend the arpeggio into the lower register for wider-range chord tones and riff shapes.

Chord tones: Eb, Gb, Bbb, Dbb
Formula: 1 b3 b5 bb7
Semitones: 0 3 6 9
Chord symbols: Ebdim7
Tuning: E B E A D G B E
Strings: 8
Open pitch range: E1 to E4
24-fret range: E1 to E6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 8 open strings belong to Eb Diminished 7 Arpeggio: string 5 Bbb (b5). None of those open-string tones is the Eb root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 5Bbbb5

First root on each string

String 8Fret 11

String 7Fret 4

String 6Fret 11

String 5Fret 6

String 4Fret 1

String 3Fret 8

String 2Fret 4

String 1Fret 11

Low-string pattern

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

Fret 2Gbb3

Fret 5Bbbb5

Fret 8Dbbbb7

Fret 11Eb1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Eb Diminished 7 Arpeggio on the low E string at frets 2, 5, 8, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets Bbb on open string 5 ring, then connect it to the nearest Eb root and two other arpeggio tones.
Connect the Eb root positions on strings 8 through 1 at frets 11, 4, 11, 6, 1, 8, 4, and 11, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.