Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

F# Diminished Arpeggio in DADGAD Tuning

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

Chord tones: F#, A, C
Formula: 1 b3 b5
Semitones: 0 3 6
Chord symbols: F#dim
Tuning: D A D G A D
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: D2 to D4
24-fret range: D2 to D6

Open strings and root positions

2 of the 6 open strings belong to F# Diminished Arpeggio: string 5 A (b3) 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 5Ab3

String 2Ab3

First root on each string

String 6Fret 4

String 5Fret 9

String 4Fret 4

String 3Fret 11

String 2Fret 9

String 1Fret 4

Low-string pattern

On the lowest D string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 4, 7, and 10, with the F# root at fret 4. On the highest D string, the first F# is at fret 4.

Fret 4F#1

Fret 7Ab3

Fret 10Cb5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play F# Diminished Arpeggio on the low D string at frets 4, 7, and 10, 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 6 through 1 at frets 4, 9, 4, 11, 9, and 4, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.