Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Ab Major Arpeggio in 7-String Drop A Tuning

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

Chord tones: Ab, C, Eb
Formula: 1 3 5
Semitones: 0 4 7
Chord symbols: Abmaj, AbM
Tuning: A E A D G B E
Strings: 7
Open pitch range: A1 to E4
24-fret range: A1 to E6

Open strings and root positions

None of the 7 open strings belongs to Ab Major Arpeggio. Every arpeggio tone must therefore be fretted, beginning with the first available tone on the low A string.

First root on each string

String 7Fret 11

String 6Fret 4

String 5Fret 11

String 4Fret 6

String 3Fret 1

String 2Fret 9

String 1Fret 4

Low-string pattern

On the lowest A string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 3, 6, and 11, with the Ab root at fret 11. On the highest E string, the first Ab is at fret 4.

Fret 3C3

Fret 6Eb5

Fret 11Ab1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Ab Major Arpeggio on the low A string at frets 3, 6, 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 7 through 1 at frets 11, 4, 11, 6, 1, 9, and 4, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.