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# E diminished arpeggio on guitar

The E diminished arpeggio has 3 notes: E, G, B♭.

| Note | E | G | B♭ |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Degree | 1 | ♭3 | ♭5 |

## E diminished on the whole neck

Every E diminished note from the open strings to fret 15, in standard E tuning (E A D G B E), by name; by degree under "Show more".

E diminished Note names

E diminished Degrees

## E diminished in 5 positions

The neck split into the hand positions Practice Lab practices, one for each place a E falls on a string, with the notes its arpeggio run fingers there.

Position 1: frets 0–3, 8 notes

Position 2: frets 2–6, 8 notes

Position 3: frets 5–9, 7 notes

Position 4: frets 7–11, 6 notes

Position 5: frets 9–13, 7 notes

## Scales with E diminished in them

Scales on this site that contain E diminished as one of their chords, and the degree it is built on.

- [F major](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/f-major) on 7
- [D minor](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/d-minor) on 2
- [G Dorian](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/g-dorian) on 6
- [A Phrygian](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/a-phrygian) on 5
- [B♭ Lydian](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/bb-lydian) on ♯4
- [C Mixolydian](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/c-mixolydian) on 3
- [E Locrian](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/e-locrian) on 1
- [D harmonic minor](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/d-harmonic-minor) on 2
- [F harmonic minor](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/f-harmonic-minor) on 7
- [F melodic minor](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/f-melodic-minor) on 7
- [G melodic minor](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/g-melodic-minor) on 6
- [E blues](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/e-blues) on 1
- [C bebop dominant](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/c-bebop-dominant) on 3
- [F bebop dominant](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/f-bebop-dominant) on 7
- [E altered](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/e-altered) on 1
- [F♯ altered](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/f-sharp-altered) on ♭7
- [C Lydian dominant](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/c-lydian-dominant) on 3
- [B♭ Lydian dominant](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/bb-lydian-dominant) on ♯4
- [C Phrygian dominant](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/c-phrygian-dominant) on 3
- [A Phrygian dominant](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/a-phrygian-dominant) on 5
- [E, G, B♭ and C♯ diminished whole–half](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/e-diminished-whole-half) on 1
- [D, F, A♭ and B diminished whole–half](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/d-diminished-whole-half) on 2
- [C, E♭, G♭ and A diminished half–whole](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/c-diminished-half-whole) on 3
- [E, G, B♭ and C♯ diminished half–whole](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/scales/e-diminished-half-whole) on 1

## Diminished arpeggio in every key

- [C diminished](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/arpeggios/c-diminished)
- [C♯ diminished](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/arpeggios/c-sharp-diminished)
- [D diminished](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/arpeggios/d-diminished)
- [D♯ diminished](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/arpeggios/d-sharp-diminished)
- E diminished
- [F diminished](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/arpeggios/f-diminished)
- [F♯ diminished](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/arpeggios/f-sharp-diminished)
- [G diminished](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/arpeggios/g-diminished)
- [G♯ diminished](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/arpeggios/g-sharp-diminished)
- [A diminished](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/arpeggios/a-diminished)
- [B♭ diminished](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/arpeggios/bb-diminished)
- [B diminished](https://practice.graph.audio/guitar/arpeggios/b-diminished)

## Practice it in Practice Lab

Practice the E diminished arpeggio in every position, at your tempo, with a plan that adapts. Free, in your browser, no account.

[Open it in Practice Lab](https://practice.graph.audio/#practice=arp-diminished:4:arpeggio)
