Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

F Diminished Arpeggio in Open D Tuning

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

Open strings and root positions

None of the 6 open strings belongs to F Diminished Arpeggio. Every arpeggio tone must therefore be fretted, beginning with the first available tone on the low D string.

First root on each string

String 6Fret 3

String 5Fret 8

String 4Fret 3

String 3Fret 11

String 2Fret 8

String 1Fret 3

Low-string pattern

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

Fret 3F1

Fret 6Abb3

Fret 9Cbb5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play F Diminished Arpeggio on the low D string at frets 3, 6, and 9, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Play the arpeggio without using an open string, then stop on the nearest F root each time the line changes strings.
Connect the F root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 3, 8, 3, 11, 8, and 3, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.