Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Ab Minor Add9 Arpeggio in C Standard Tuning

Ab Minor Add9 Arpeggio in C Standard Tuning shows the same ab minor add9 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned C F Bb Eb G C. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones: Ab, Cb, Eb, Bb
Formula: 1 b3 5 9
Semitones: 0 3 7 14
Chord symbols: Abmadd9, Abminadd9
Tuning: C F Bb Eb G C
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: C2 to C4
24-fret range: C2 to C6

Open strings and root positions

2 of the 6 open strings belong to Ab Minor Add9 Arpeggio: string 4 Bb (9) and string 3 Eb (5). None of those open-string tones is the Ab root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 4Bb9

String 3Eb5

First root on each string

String 6Fret 8

String 5Fret 3

String 4Fret 10

String 3Fret 5

String 2Fret 1

String 1Fret 8

Low-string pattern

On the lowest C string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 3, 8, 10, and 11, with the Ab root at fret 8. On the highest C string, the first Ab is at fret 8.

Fret 3Eb5

Fret 8Ab1

Fret 10Bb9

Fret 11Cbb3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Ab Minor Add9 Arpeggio on the low C string at frets 3, 8, 10, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets Bb 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 6 through 1 at frets 8, 3, 10, 5, 1, and 8, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.