Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

G Diminished Arpeggio in Drop C Tuning

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

Chord tones: G, Bb, Db
Formula: 1 b3 b5
Semitones: 0 3 6
Chord symbols: Gdim
Tuning: C G C F A D
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: C2 to D4
24-fret range: C2 to D6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 6 open strings belong to G Diminished Arpeggio: string 5 G (1). G roots occur on open string 5.

String 5G1

First root on each string

String 6Fret 7

String 5Open

String 4Fret 7

String 3Fret 2

String 2Fret 10

String 1Fret 5

Low-string pattern

On the lowest C string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 7, and 10, with the G root at fret 7. On the highest D string, the first G is at fret 5.

Fret 1Dbb5

Fret 7G1

Fret 10Bbb3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play G Diminished Arpeggio on the low C string at frets 1, 7, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets G on open string 5 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 7, 0, 7, 2, 10, and 5, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.