Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Eb Diminished Arpeggio in C Standard Tuning

Eb Diminished Arpeggio in C Standard Tuning shows the same eb diminished arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned C F Bb Eb G C. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones
Eb, Gb, Bbb
Formula
1 b3 b5
Semitones
0 3 6
Chord symbols
Ebdim
Tuning
C F Bb Eb G C
Strings
6
Open pitch range
C2 to C4
24-fret range
C2 to C6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 6 open strings belong to Eb Diminished Arpeggio: string 3 Eb (1). Eb roots occur on open string 3.

String 3Eb1

First root on each string

String 6Fret 3
String 5Fret 10
String 4Fret 5
String 3Open
String 2Fret 8
String 1Fret 3

Low-string pattern

On the lowest C string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 3, 6, and 9, with the Eb root at fret 3. On the highest C string, the first Eb is at fret 3.

Fret 3Eb1
Fret 6Gbb3
Fret 9Bbbb5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

  1. Play Eb Diminished Arpeggio on the low C string at frets 3, 6, and 9, saying each note name and degree aloud.
  2. Build a phrase that lets Eb on open string 3 ring, then connect it to the nearest Eb root and two other arpeggio tones.
  3. Connect the Eb root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 3, 10, 5, 0, 8, and 3, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.

Fretboard diagram

Eb Diminished Arpeggio in C Standard Tuning fretboard diagram
Eb Diminished Arpeggio in C Standard Tuning guitar fretboard diagram showing C F Bb Eb G C.

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Reference pages

Same arpeggio in other tunings