Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Ab Augmented Major 7 Arpeggio in B Standard Tuning

Ab Augmented Major 7 Arpeggio in B Standard Tuning shows the same ab augmented major 7 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned B E A D F# B. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones: Ab, C, E, G
Formula: 1 3 #5 7
Semitones: 0 4 8 11
Chord symbols: AbaugMaj7, Ab+Maj7
Tuning: B E A D F# B
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: B1 to B3
24-fret range: B1 to B5

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 6 open strings belong to Ab Augmented Major 7 Arpeggio: string 5 E (#5). None of those open-string tones is the Ab root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 5E#5

First root on each string

String 6Fret 9

String 5Fret 4

String 4Fret 11

String 3Fret 6

String 2Fret 2

String 1Fret 9

Low-string pattern

On the lowest B string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 5, 8, and 9, with the Ab root at fret 9. On the highest B string, the first Ab is at fret 9.

Fret 1C3

Fret 5E#5

Fret 8G7

Fret 9Ab1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Ab Augmented Major 7 Arpeggio on the low B string at frets 1, 5, 8, and 9, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets E on open string 5 ring, then connect it to the nearest Ab root and two other arpeggio tones.
Connect the Ab root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 9, 4, 11, 6, 2, and 9, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.