Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

G Diminished Arpeggio in Open A Tuning

G Diminished Arpeggio in Open A Tuning shows the same g diminished arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned E A E A C# E. 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: E A E A C# E
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: E2 to E4
24-fret range: E2 to E6

Open strings and root positions

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

String 2Dbb5

First root on each string

String 6Fret 3

String 5Fret 10

String 4Fret 3

String 3Fret 10

String 2Fret 6

String 1Fret 3

Low-string pattern

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

Fret 3G1

Fret 6Bbb3

Fret 9Dbb5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play G Diminished Arpeggio on the low E string at frets 3, 6, and 9, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets Db on open string 2 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 3, 10, 3, 10, 6, and 3, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.