Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Ab Major 9 Arpeggio in Open G Tuning

Ab Major 9 Arpeggio in Open G Tuning shows the same ab major 9 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned D G D G B D. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones: Ab, C, Eb, G, Bb
Formula: 1 3 5 7 9
Semitones: 0 4 7 11 14
Chord symbols: Abmaj9, AbM9
Tuning: D G D G B D
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: D2 to D4
24-fret range: D2 to D6

Open strings and root positions

2 of the 6 open strings belong to Ab Major 9 Arpeggio: string 5 G (7) and string 3 G (7). None of those open-string tones is the Ab root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 5G7

String 3G7

First root on each string

String 6Fret 6

String 5Fret 1

String 4Fret 6

String 3Fret 1

String 2Fret 9

String 1Fret 6

Low-string pattern

On the lowest D string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 5, 6, 8, and 10, with the Ab root at fret 6. On the highest D string, the first Ab is at fret 6.

Fret 1Eb5

Fret 5G7

Fret 6Ab1

Fret 8Bb9

Fret 10C3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Ab Major 9 Arpeggio on the low D string at frets 1, 5, 6, 8, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets G on open string 5 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, 1, 6, 1, 9, and 6, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.