Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Ab Minor 7 Arpeggio in Open D Tuning

Ab Minor 7 Arpeggio in Open D Tuning shows the same ab minor 7 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned D A D F# A D. 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
D A D F# A D
Strings
6
Open pitch range
D2 to D4
24-fret range
D2 to D6

Open strings and root positions

1 of the 6 open strings belong to Ab Minor 7 Arpeggio: string 3 Gb (b7). None of those open-string tones is the Ab root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 3Gbb7

First root on each string

String 6Fret 6
String 5Fret 11
String 4Fret 6
String 3Fret 2
String 2Fret 11
String 1Fret 6

Low-string pattern

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

Fret 1Eb5
Fret 4Gbb7
Fret 6Ab1
Fret 9Cbb3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

  1. Play Ab Minor 7 Arpeggio on the low D string at frets 1, 4, 6, and 9, saying each note name and degree aloud.
  2. Build a phrase that lets Gb on open string 3 ring, then connect it to the nearest Ab root and two other arpeggio tones.
  3. Connect the Ab root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 6, 11, 6, 2, 11, and 6, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.

Fretboard diagram

Ab Minor 7 Arpeggio in Open D Tuning fretboard diagram
Ab Minor 7 Arpeggio in Open D Tuning guitar fretboard diagram showing D A D F# A D.

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Reference pages

Same arpeggio in other tunings