Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Ab Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio in Open A Tuning

Ab Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio in Open A Tuning shows the same ab dominant 7 flat 9 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned E A E A C# E. 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: E A E A C# E
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: E2 to E4
24-fret range: E2 to E6

Open strings and root positions

2 of the 6 open strings belong to Ab Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio: string 5 Bbb (b9) and string 3 Bbb (b9). None of those open-string tones is the Ab root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 5Bbbb9

String 3Bbbb9

First root on each string

String 6Fret 4

String 5Fret 11

String 4Fret 4

String 3Fret 11

String 2Fret 7

String 1Fret 4

Low-string pattern

On the lowest E string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 2, 4, 5, 8, and 11, with the Ab root at fret 4. On the highest E string, the first Ab is at fret 4.

Fret 2Gbb7

Fret 4Ab1

Fret 5Bbbb9

Fret 8C3

Fret 11Eb5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Ab Dominant 7 Flat 9 Arpeggio on the low E string at frets 2, 4, 5, 8, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets Bbb 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 4, 11, 4, 11, 7, and 4, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.