Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

F# Diminished 7 Arpeggio in Drop C# Tuning

F# Diminished 7 Arpeggio in Drop C# Tuning shows the same f# diminished 7 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned C# G# C# F# A# D#. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones: F#, A, C, Eb
Formula: 1 b3 b5 bb7
Semitones: 0 3 6 9
Chord symbols: F#dim7
Tuning: C# G# C# F# A# D#
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: C#2 to D#4
24-fret range: C#2 to D#6

Open strings and root positions

2 of the 6 open strings belong to F# Diminished 7 Arpeggio: string 3 F# (1) and string 1 Eb (bb7). F# roots occur on open string 3.

String 3F#1

String 1Ebbb7

First root on each string

String 6Fret 5

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 2, 5, 8, and 11, with the F# root at fret 5. On the highest D# string, the first F# is at fret 3.

Fret 2Ebbb7

Fret 5F#1

Fret 8Ab3

Fret 11Cb5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play F# Diminished 7 Arpeggio on the low C# string at frets 2, 5, 8, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets F# on open string 3 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 5, 10, 5, 0, 8, and 3, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.