Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

G Diminished 7 Arpeggio in 8-String Drop E Tuning

G Diminished 7 Arpeggio in 8-String Drop E Tuning shows the same g diminished 7 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: G, Bb, Db, Fb
Formula: 1 b3 b5 bb7
Semitones: 0 3 6 9
Chord symbols: Gdim7
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

4 of the 8 open strings belong to G Diminished 7 Arpeggio: string 8 Fb (bb7), string 6 Fb (bb7), string 3 G (1), and string 1 Fb (bb7). G roots occur on open string 3.

String 8Fbbb7

String 6Fbbb7

String 3G1

String 1Fbbb7

First root on each string

String 8Fret 3

String 7Fret 8

String 6Fret 3

String 5Fret 10

String 4Fret 5

String 3Open

String 2Fret 8

String 1Fret 3

Low-string pattern

On the lowest E string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 0, 3, 6, and 9, with the G root at fret 3. On the highest E string, the first G is at fret 3.

OpenFbbb7

Fret 3G1

Fret 6Bbb3

Fret 9Dbb5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play G Diminished 7 Arpeggio on the low E string at frets 0, 3, 6, and 9, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets Fb on open string 8 ring, then connect it to the nearest G root and two other arpeggio tones.
Connect the G root positions on strings 8 through 1 at frets 3, 8, 3, 10, 5, 0, 8, and 3, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.