Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Ab Minor 7 Arpeggio in Open A Tuning

Ab Minor 7 Arpeggio in Open A Tuning shows the same ab minor 7 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned E A E A C# E. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones: Ab, Cb, Eb, Gb
Formula: 1 b3 5 b7
Semitones: 0 3 7 10
Chord symbols: Abm7, Abmin7
Tuning: E A E A C# E
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: E2 to E4
24-fret range: E2 to E6

Open strings and root positions

None of the 6 open strings belongs to Ab Minor 7 Arpeggio. Every arpeggio tone must therefore be fretted, beginning with the first available tone on the low E string.

First root on each string

String 6Fret 4

String 5Fret 11

String 4Fret 4

String 3Fret 11

String 2Fret 7

String 1Fret 4

Low-string pattern

On the lowest E string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 2, 4, 7, and 11, with the Ab root at fret 4. On the highest E string, the first Ab is at fret 4.

Fret 2Gbb7

Fret 4Ab1

Fret 7Cbb3

Fret 11Eb5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Ab Minor 7 Arpeggio on the low E string at frets 2, 4, 7, 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 6 through 1 at frets 4, 11, 4, 11, 7, and 4, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.