Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Ab Dominant 7 Sharp 9 Arpeggio in D Standard Tuning

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

Chord tones
Ab, C, Eb, Gb, B
Formula
1 3 5 b7 #9
Semitones
0 4 7 10 15
Chord symbols
Ab7#9
Tuning
D G C F A D
Strings
6
Open pitch range
D2 to D4
24-fret range
D2 to D6

Open strings and root positions

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

String 4C3

First root on each string

String 6Fret 6
String 5Fret 1
String 4Fret 8
String 3Fret 3
String 2Fret 11
String 1Fret 6

Low-string pattern

On the lowest D string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 4, 6, 9, and 10, with the Ab root at fret 6. On the highest D string, the first Ab is at fret 6.

Fret 1Eb5
Fret 4Gbb7
Fret 6Ab1
Fret 9B#9
Fret 10C3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

  1. Play Ab Dominant 7 Sharp 9 Arpeggio on the low D string at frets 1, 4, 6, 9, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
  2. Build a phrase that lets C on open string 4 ring, then connect it to the nearest Ab root and two other arpeggio tones.
  3. Connect the Ab root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 6, 1, 8, 3, 11, and 6, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.

Fretboard diagram

Ab Dominant 7 Sharp 9 Arpeggio in D Standard Tuning fretboard diagram
Ab Dominant 7 Sharp 9 Arpeggio in D Standard Tuning guitar fretboard diagram showing D G C F A D.

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Reference pages

Same arpeggio in other tunings