Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram
Ab Dominant 9 Arpeggio in 8-String Drop E Tuning
Ab Dominant 9 Arpeggio in 8-String Drop E Tuning shows the same ab dominant 9 arpeggio chord tones across 8 strings tuned E B E A D G B E. The seventh and eighth strings extend the arpeggio into the lower register for wider-range chord tones and riff shapes.
- Chord tones
- Ab, C, Eb, Gb, Bb
- Formula
- 1 3 5 b7 9
- Semitones
- 0 4 7 10 14
- Chord symbols
- Ab9
- Tuning
- E B E A D G B E
- Strings
- 8
- Open pitch range
- E1 to E4
- 24-fret range
- E1 to E6
Open strings and root positions
None of the 8 open strings belongs to Ab Dominant 9 Arpeggio. Every arpeggio tone must therefore be fretted, beginning with the first available tone on the low E string.
First root on each string
Low-string pattern
On the lowest E string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 2, 4, 6, 8, and 11, with the Ab root at fret 4. On the highest E string, the first Ab is at fret 4.
Practice this tuning-specific layout
- Play Ab Dominant 9 Arpeggio on the low E string at frets 2, 4, 6, 8, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
- Play the arpeggio without using an open string, then stop on the nearest Ab root each time the line changes strings.
- Connect the Ab root positions on strings 8 through 1 at frets 4, 9, 4, 11, 6, 1, 9, and 4, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.
Fretboard diagram
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