Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Ab Major Add9 Arpeggio in 7-String Drop G Tuning

Ab Major Add9 Arpeggio in 7-String Drop G Tuning shows the same ab major add9 arpeggio chord tones across 7 strings tuned G D G C F A D. The seventh string adds lower chord-tone positions below a six-string layout while keeping the upper strings familiar.

Chord tones: Ab, C, Eb, Bb
Formula: 1 3 5 9
Semitones: 0 4 7 14
Chord symbols: Abadd9, Abadd2
Tuning: G D G C F A D
Strings: 7
Open pitch range: G1 to D4
24-fret range: G1 to D6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 7 open strings belong to Ab Major Add9 Arpeggio: string 4 C (3). None of those open-string tones is the Ab root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 4C3

First root on each string

String 7Fret 1

String 6Fret 6

String 5Fret 1

String 4Fret 8

String 3Fret 3

String 2Fret 11

String 1Fret 6

Low-string pattern

On the lowest G string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 3, 5, and 8, with the Ab root at fret 1. On the highest D string, the first Ab is at fret 6.

Fret 1Ab1

Fret 3Bb9

Fret 5C3

Fret 8Eb5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Ab Major Add9 Arpeggio on the low G string at frets 1, 3, 5, and 8, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets C on open string 4 ring, then connect it to the nearest Ab root and two other arpeggio tones.
Connect the Ab root positions on strings 7 through 1 at frets 1, 6, 1, 8, 3, 11, and 6, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.