Arpeggios diminished

Diminished chords are 4-note chords that are widely used in Manouche music. Their characteristic is that each note is exactly separated of a minor third from the next one. That means that chords and arpeggios can easily be inversed without changing the shape and fingering, just fretting 3 frets away is enough. They are mostly played diagonally.

Diminished arpeggio starting from the upper E string

Diminished arpeggio starting from the lower E string

Ascending diminished arpeggio broken up into 4 notes groups

(to be played in 8ths or 16ths) This exercise can be done descending the arpeggio.

Ascending diminished arpeggio broken up into 3 notes groups

(to be played in triplets) To be done also ascendingly.

Diminished arpeggio in full alternate picking

(to be played in 8ths or 16ths)