Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Ab Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio in Drop C Tuning

Ab Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio in Drop C Tuning shows the same ab dominant 7 flat 9 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned C G C F A D. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones: Ab, C, Eb, Gb, Bbb
Formula: 1 3 5 b7 b9
Semitones: 0 4 7 10 13
Chord symbols: Ab7b9
Tuning: C G C F A D
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: C2 to D4
24-fret range: C2 to D6

Open strings and root positions

3 of the 6 open strings belong to Ab Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio: string 6 C (3), string 4 C (3), and string 2 Bbb (b9). None of those open-string tones is the Ab root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 6C3

String 4C3

String 2Bbbb9

First root on each string

String 6Fret 8

String 5Fret 1

String 4Fret 8

String 3Fret 3

String 2Fret 11

String 1Fret 6

Low-string pattern

On the lowest C string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 0, 3, 6, 8, and 9, with the Ab root at fret 8. On the highest D string, the first Ab is at fret 6.

OpenC3

Fret 3Eb5

Fret 6Gbb7

Fret 8Ab1

Fret 9Bbbb9

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Ab Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio on the low C string at frets 0, 3, 6, 8, and 9, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets C on open string 6 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 8, 1, 8, 3, 11, and 6, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.