Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram
Ab Dominant 7 Sharp 9 Arpeggio in Open C Tuning
Ab Dominant 7 Sharp 9 Arpeggio in Open C Tuning shows the same ab dominant 7 sharp 9 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned C G C G C E. 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
- C G C G C E
- Strings
- 6
- Open pitch range
- C2 to E4
- 24-fret range
- C2 to E6
Open strings and root positions
3 of the 6 open strings belong to Ab Dominant 7 Sharp 9 Arpeggio: string 6 C (3), string 4 C (3), and string 2 C (3). None of those open-string tones is the Ab root, so the root must be fretted on every string.
First root on each string
Low-string pattern
On the lowest C string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 0, 3, 6, 8, and 11, with the Ab root at fret 8. On the highest E string, the first Ab is at fret 4.
Practice this tuning-specific layout
- Play Ab Dominant 7 Sharp 9 Arpeggio on the low C string at frets 0, 3, 6, 8, and 11, 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, 1, 8, and 4, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.
Fretboard diagram
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