Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

G Diminished 7 Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning

G Diminished 7 Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning shows the same g diminished 7 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned B F# B E G# C#. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones: G, Bb, Db, Fb
Formula: 1 b3 b5 bb7
Semitones: 0 3 6 9
Chord symbols: Gdim7
Tuning: B F# B E G# C#
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: B1 to C#4
24-fret range: B1 to C#6

Open strings and root positions

2 of the 6 open strings belong to G Diminished 7 Arpeggio: string 3 Fb (bb7) and string 1 Db (b5). None of those open-string tones is the G root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 3Fbbb7

String 1Dbb5

First root on each string

String 6Fret 8

String 5Fret 1

String 4Fret 8

String 3Fret 3

String 2Fret 11

String 1Fret 6

Low-string pattern

On the lowest B string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 2, 5, 8, and 11, with the G root at fret 8. On the highest C# string, the first G is at fret 6.

Fret 2Dbb5

Fret 5Fbbb7

Fret 8G1

Fret 11Bbb3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play G Diminished 7 Arpeggio on the low B string at frets 2, 5, 8, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets Fb on open string 3 ring, then connect it to the nearest G root and two other arpeggio tones.
Connect the G root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 8, 1, 8, 3, 11, and 6, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.