Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Ab Dominant 7 Sharp 9 Arpeggio in Open D Tuning

Ab Dominant 7 Sharp 9 Arpeggio in Open D Tuning shows the same ab dominant 7 sharp 9 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned D A D 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 A D 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 3 Gb (b7). None of those open-string tones is the Ab root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 3Gbb7

First root on each string

String 6Fret 6

String 5Fret 11

String 4Fret 6

String 3Fret 2

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

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.
Build a phrase that lets Gb on open string 3 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 6, 11, 6, 2, 11, and 6, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.