Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Eb Diminished Arpeggio in DADGAD Tuning

Eb Diminished Arpeggio in DADGAD Tuning shows the same eb diminished arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned D A D G A D. 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: D A D G A D
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: D2 to D4
24-fret range: D2 to D6

Open strings and root positions

2 of the 6 open strings belong to Eb Diminished Arpeggio: string 5 Bbb (b5) 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 5Bbbb5

String 2Bbbb5

First root on each string

String 6Fret 1

String 5Fret 6

String 4Fret 1

String 3Fret 8

String 2Fret 6

String 1Fret 1

Low-string pattern

On the lowest D string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 4, and 7, with the Eb root at fret 1. On the highest D string, the first Eb is at fret 1.

Fret 1Eb1

Fret 4Gbb3

Fret 7Bbbb5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Eb Diminished Arpeggio on the low D string at frets 1, 4, and 7, 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 6 through 1 at frets 1, 6, 1, 8, 6, and 1, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.