Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Ab Augmented Arpeggio in Drop D Tuning

Ab Augmented Arpeggio in Drop D Tuning shows the same ab augmented arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned D A D G B E. 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: D A D G B E
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: D2 to E4
24-fret range: D2 to E6

Open strings and root positions

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

String 1E#5

First root on each string

String 6Fret 6

String 5Fret 11

String 4Fret 6

String 3Fret 1

String 2Fret 9

String 1Fret 4

Low-string pattern

On the lowest D string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 2, 6, and 10, with the Ab root at fret 6. On the highest E string, the first Ab is at fret 4.

Fret 2E#5

Fret 6Ab1

Fret 10C3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Ab Augmented Arpeggio on the low D string at frets 2, 6, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets E on open string 1 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 6, 11, 6, 1, 9, and 4, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.