Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

F# Diminished Arpeggio in Open E Tuning

F# Diminished Arpeggio in Open E Tuning shows the same f# diminished arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned E B E G# B E. 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: E B E G# B E
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: E2 to E4
24-fret range: E2 to E6

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 E string.

First root on each string

String 6Fret 2

String 5Fret 7

String 4Fret 2

String 3Fret 10

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.
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 2, 7, 2, 10, 7, and 2, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.