Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Ab Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio in E Flat Standard Tuning

Ab Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio in E Flat Standard Tuning shows the same ab dominant 7 flat 9 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb. 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: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: Eb2 to Eb4
24-fret range: Eb2 to Eb6

Open strings and root positions

4 of the 6 open strings belong to Ab Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio: string 6 Eb (5), string 5 Ab (1), string 3 Gb (b7), and string 1 Eb (5). Ab roots occur on open string 5.

String 6Eb5

String 5Ab1

String 3Gbb7

String 1Eb5

First root on each string

String 6Fret 5

String 5Open

String 4Fret 7

String 3Fret 2

String 2Fret 10

String 1Fret 5

Low-string pattern

On the lowest Eb string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 0, 3, 5, 6, and 9, with the Ab root at fret 5. On the highest Eb string, the first Ab is at fret 5.

OpenEb5

Fret 3Gbb7

Fret 5Ab1

Fret 6Bbbb9

Fret 9C3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Ab Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio on the low Eb string at frets 0, 3, 5, 6, and 9, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets Eb 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 5, 0, 7, 2, 10, and 5, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.