Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Ab Major 9 Arpeggio in 8-String Standard Tuning

Ab Major 9 Arpeggio in 8-String Standard Tuning shows the same ab major 9 arpeggio chord tones across 8 strings tuned F# 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, G, Bb
Formula: 1 3 5 7 9
Semitones: 0 4 7 11 14
Chord symbols: Abmaj9, AbM9
Tuning: F# B E A D G B E
Strings: 8
Open pitch range: F#1 to E4
24-fret range: F#1 to E6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 8 open strings belong to Ab Major 9 Arpeggio: string 3 G (7). None of those open-string tones is the Ab root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 3G7

First root on each string

String 8Fret 2

String 7Fret 9

String 6Fret 4

String 5Fret 11

String 4Fret 6

String 3Fret 1

String 2Fret 9

String 1Fret 4

Low-string pattern

On the lowest F# string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 2, 4, 6, and 9, with the Ab root at fret 2. On the highest E string, the first Ab is at fret 4.

Fret 1G7

Fret 2Ab1

Fret 4Bb9

Fret 6C3

Fret 9Eb5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Ab Major 9 Arpeggio on the low F# string at frets 1, 2, 4, 6, and 9, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets G 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 8 through 1 at frets 2, 9, 4, 11, 6, 1, 9, and 4, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.