Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram
Ab Minor-Major 7 Arpeggio in Open G Tuning
Ab Minor-Major 7 Arpeggio in Open G Tuning shows the same ab minor-major 7 arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned D G D G B D. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.
- Chord tones
- Ab, Cb, Eb, G
- Formula
- 1 b3 5 7
- Semitones
- 0 3 7 11
- Chord symbols
- AbmMaj7, AbmM7
- Tuning
- D G D G B D
- Strings
- 6
- Open pitch range
- D2 to D4
- 24-fret range
- D2 to D6
Open strings and root positions
3 of the 6 open strings belong to Ab Minor-Major 7 Arpeggio: string 5 G (7), string 3 G (7), and string 2 Cb (b3). None of those open-string tones is the Ab root, so the root must be fretted on every string.
String 5G7
String 3G7
String 2Cbb3
First root on each string
String 6Fret 6
String 5Fret 1
String 4Fret 6
String 3Fret 1
String 2Fret 9
String 1Fret 6
Low-string pattern
On the lowest D string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 1, 5, 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 5G7
Fret 6Ab1
Fret 9Cbb3
Practice this tuning-specific layout
- Play Ab Minor-Major 7 Arpeggio on the low D string at frets 1, 5, 6, and 9, saying each note name and degree aloud.
- Build a phrase that lets G on open string 5 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 6, 1, 6, 1, 9, and 6, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.
Fretboard diagram
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