Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram
Ab Augmented Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning
Ab Augmented Arpeggio in Drop B Tuning shows the same ab augmented arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned B F# B E G# C#. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.
- Chord tones
- Ab, C, E
- Formula
- 1 3 #5
- Semitones
- 0 4 8
- Chord symbols
- Abaug, Ab+
- Tuning
- B F# B E G# C#
- Strings
- 6
- Open pitch range
- B1 to C#4
- 24-fret range
- B1 to C#6
Open strings and root positions
2 of the 6 open strings belong to Ab Augmented Arpeggio: string 3 E (#5) and string 2 Ab (1). Ab roots occur on open string 2.
String 3E#5
String 2Ab1
First root on each string
String 6Fret 9
String 5Fret 2
String 4Fret 9
String 3Fret 4
String 2Open
String 1Fret 7
Low-string pattern
On the lowest B string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 5, and 9, with the Ab root at fret 9. On the highest C# string, the first Ab is at fret 7.
Fret 1C3
Fret 5E#5
Fret 9Ab1
Practice this tuning-specific layout
- Play Ab Augmented Arpeggio on the low B string at frets 1, 5, and 9, saying each note name and degree aloud.
- Build a phrase that lets E on open string 3 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, 2, 9, 4, 0, and 7, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.
Fretboard diagram
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