Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Ab Minor Arpeggio in 7-String Standard Tuning

Ab Minor Arpeggio in 7-String Standard Tuning shows the same ab minor arpeggio chord tones across 7 strings tuned B 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, Cb, Eb
Formula: 1 b3 5
Semitones: 0 3 7
Chord symbols: Abm, Abmin
Tuning: B E A D G B E
Strings: 7
Open pitch range: B1 to E4
24-fret range: B1 to E6

Open strings and root positions

2 of the 7 open strings belong to Ab Minor Arpeggio: string 7 Cb (b3) 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 7Cbb3

String 2Cbb3

First root on each string

String 7Fret 9

String 6Fret 4

String 5Fret 11

String 4Fret 6

String 3Fret 1

String 2Fret 9

String 1Fret 4

Low-string pattern

On the lowest B string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 0, 4, and 9, with the Ab root at fret 9. On the highest E string, the first Ab is at fret 4.

OpenCbb3

Fret 4Eb5

Fret 9Ab1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Ab Minor Arpeggio on the low B string at frets 0, 4, and 9, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets Cb on open string 7 ring, then connect it to the nearest Ab root and two other arpeggio tones.
Connect the Ab root positions on strings 7 through 1 at frets 9, 4, 11, 6, 1, 9, and 4, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.