Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Ab Major 7 Arpeggio in C Standard Tuning

Ab Major 7 Arpeggio in C Standard Tuning shows the same ab major 7 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned C F Bb Eb G C. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones: Ab, C, Eb, G
Formula: 1 3 5 7
Semitones: 0 4 7 11
Chord symbols: Abmaj7, AbM7
Tuning: C F Bb Eb G C
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: C2 to C4
24-fret range: C2 to C6

Open strings and root positions

4 of the 6 open strings belong to Ab Major 7 Arpeggio: string 6 C (3), string 3 Eb (5), string 2 G (7), and string 1 C (3). None of those open-string tones is the Ab root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 6C3

String 3Eb5

String 2G7

String 1C3

First root on each string

String 6Fret 8

String 5Fret 3

String 4Fret 10

String 3Fret 5

String 2Fret 1

String 1Fret 8

Low-string pattern

On the lowest C string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 0, 3, 7, and 8, with the Ab root at fret 8. On the highest C string, the first Ab is at fret 8.

OpenC3

Fret 3Eb5

Fret 7G7

Fret 8Ab1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Ab Major 7 Arpeggio on the low C string at frets 0, 3, 7, and 8, 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, 3, 10, 5, 1, and 8, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.