Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

F# Diminished Arpeggio in 8-String Drop E Tuning

F# Diminished Arpeggio in 8-String Drop E Tuning shows the same f# diminished arpeggio chord tones across 8 strings tuned E B E A D G B E. The seventh and eighth strings extend the arpeggio into the lower register for wider-range chord tones and riff shapes.

Chord tones: F#, A, C
Formula: 1 b3 b5
Semitones: 0 3 6
Chord symbols: F#dim
Tuning: E B E A D G B E
Strings: 8
Open pitch range: E1 to E4
24-fret range: E1 to E6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 8 open strings belong to F# Diminished Arpeggio: string 5 A (b3). None of those open-string tones is the F# root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 5Ab3

First root on each string

String 8Fret 2

String 7Fret 7

String 6Fret 2

String 5Fret 9

String 4Fret 4

String 3Fret 11

String 2Fret 7

String 1Fret 2

Low-string pattern

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

Fret 2F#1

Fret 5Ab3

Fret 8Cb5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play F# Diminished Arpeggio on the low E string at frets 2, 5, and 8, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets A 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 8 through 1 at frets 2, 7, 2, 9, 4, 11, 7, and 2, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.