Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

G Diminished Arpeggio in 7-String Drop A Tuning

G Diminished Arpeggio in 7-String Drop A Tuning shows the same g diminished arpeggio chord tones across 7 strings tuned A E A D G B E. The seventh string adds lower chord-tone positions below a six-string layout while keeping the upper strings familiar.

Chord tones: G, Bb, Db
Formula: 1 b3 b5
Semitones: 0 3 6
Chord symbols: Gdim
Tuning: A E A D G B E
Strings: 7
Open pitch range: A1 to E4
24-fret range: A1 to E6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 7 open strings belong to G Diminished Arpeggio: string 3 G (1). G roots occur on open string 3.

String 3G1

First root on each string

String 7Fret 10

String 6Fret 3

String 5Fret 10

String 4Fret 5

String 3Open

String 2Fret 8

String 1Fret 3

Low-string pattern

On the lowest A string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 4, and 10, with the G root at fret 10. On the highest E string, the first G is at fret 3.

Fret 1Bbb3

Fret 4Dbb5

Fret 10G1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play G Diminished Arpeggio on the low A string at frets 1, 4, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets G 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 7 through 1 at frets 10, 3, 10, 5, 0, 8, and 3, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.