Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

F Diminished Arpeggio in E Flat Standard Tuning

F Diminished Arpeggio in E Flat Standard Tuning shows the same f diminished arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones: F, Ab, Cb
Formula: 1 b3 b5
Semitones: 0 3 6
Chord symbols: Fdim
Tuning: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: Eb2 to Eb4
24-fret range: Eb2 to Eb6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 6 open strings belong to F Diminished Arpeggio: string 5 Ab (b3). None of those open-string tones is the F root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 5Abb3

First root on each string

String 6Fret 2

String 5Fret 9

String 4Fret 4

String 3Fret 11

String 2Fret 7

String 1Fret 2

Low-string pattern

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

Fret 2F1

Fret 5Abb3

Fret 8Cbb5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play F Diminished Arpeggio on the low Eb string at frets 2, 5, and 8, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets Ab on open string 5 ring, then connect it to the nearest F root and two other arpeggio tones.
Connect the F root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 2, 9, 4, 11, 7, and 2, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.