Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

G Diminished Arpeggio in Open D Tuning

G Diminished Arpeggio in Open D Tuning shows the same g diminished arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned D A D 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: D A D F# A D
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: D2 to D4
24-fret range: D2 to D6

Open strings and root positions

None of the 6 open strings belongs to G Diminished Arpeggio. Every arpeggio tone must therefore be fretted, beginning with the first available tone on the low D string.

First root on each string

String 6Fret 5

String 5Fret 10

String 4Fret 5

String 3Fret 1

String 2Fret 10

String 1Fret 5

Low-string pattern

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

Fret 5G1

Fret 8Bbb3

Fret 11Dbb5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play G Diminished Arpeggio on the low D string at frets 5, 8, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Play the arpeggio without using an open string, then stop on the nearest G root each time the line changes strings.
Connect the G root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 5, 10, 5, 1, 10, and 5, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.