Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

G Diminished Arpeggio in 7-String Drop G Tuning

G Diminished Arpeggio in 7-String Drop G Tuning shows the same g diminished arpeggio chord tones across 7 strings tuned G D G C F A D. 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: G D G C F A D
Strings: 7
Open pitch range: G1 to D4
24-fret range: G1 to D6

Open strings and root positions

2 of the 7 open strings belong to G Diminished Arpeggio: string 7 G (1) and string 5 G (1). G roots occur on open strings 7 and 5.

String 7G1

String 5G1

First root on each string

String 7Open

String 6Fret 5

String 5Open

String 4Fret 7

String 3Fret 2

String 2Fret 10

String 1Fret 5

Low-string pattern

On the lowest G string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 0, 3, and 6, with the G root at fret 0. On the highest D string, the first G is at fret 5.

OpenG1

Fret 3Bbb3

Fret 6Dbb5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play G Diminished Arpeggio on the low G string at frets 0, 3, and 6, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets G on open string 7 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 0, 5, 0, 7, 2, 10, and 5, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.