C Diminished 7 arpeggio

Fully diminished. Symmetric — every note is a minor 3rd apart.

4 notes · Standard tuning

Neck positions

1357912EADGBe
Root (C)
Arpeggio tone

Chord-shape voicings

EADGBE

Voicing 1

8frEADGBE

Voicing 2

7frEADGBE

Voicing 3

7frEADGBE

Voicing 4

5frEADGBE

Voicing 5

8frEADGBE

Voicing 6

14frEADGBE

Voicing 7

13frEADGBE

Voicing 8

20frEADGBE

Voicing 9

5frEADGBE

Voicing 10

19frEADGBE

Voicing 11

19frEADGBE

Voicing 12

17frEADGBE

Voicing 13

17frEADGBE

Voicing 14

Notes

C
R
D#
+3
F#
+6
A
+9

About the C Diminished 7 arpeggio

The C Diminished 7 arpeggio contains the notes C, D#, F#, A. Arpeggios are the notes of a chord played one at a time. The Diminished 7 arpeggio is built from intervals: 0, 3, 6, 9 semitones from the root. Use the neck diagram above to find every position of this arpeggio on a standard-tuned guitar.

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