Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

F# Diminished Arpeggio in 7-String Drop G Tuning

F# Diminished Arpeggio in 7-String Drop G Tuning shows the same f# diminished arpeggio chord tones across 7 strings tuned G D G C F A D. The seventh string adds lower chord-tone positions below a six-string layout while keeping the upper strings familiar.

Chord tones
F#, A, C
Formula
1 b3 b5
Semitones
0 3 6
Chord symbols
F#dim
Tuning
G D G C F A D
Strings
7
Open pitch range
G1 to D4
24-fret range
G1 to D6

Open strings and root positions

2 of the 7 open strings belong to F# Diminished Arpeggio: string 4 C (b5) and string 2 A (b3). None of those open-string tones is the F# root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 4Cb5
String 2Ab3

First root on each string

String 7Fret 11
String 6Fret 4
String 5Fret 11
String 4Fret 6
String 3Fret 1
String 2Fret 9
String 1Fret 4

Low-string pattern

On the lowest G string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 2, 5, and 11, with the F# root at fret 11. On the highest D string, the first F# is at fret 4.

Fret 2Ab3
Fret 5Cb5
Fret 11F#1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

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

Fretboard diagram

F# Diminished Arpeggio in 7-String Drop G Tuning fretboard diagram
F# Diminished Arpeggio in 7-String Drop G Tuning guitar fretboard diagram showing G D G C F A D.

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Reference pages

Same arpeggio in other tunings