Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Ab Minor Arpeggio in Open C Tuning

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

Chord tones: Ab, Cb, Eb
Formula: 1 b3 5
Semitones: 0 3 7
Chord symbols: Abm, Abmin
Tuning: C G C G C E
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: C2 to E4
24-fret range: C2 to E6

Open strings and root positions

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

First root on each string

String 6Fret 8

String 5Fret 1

String 4Fret 8

String 3Fret 1

String 2Fret 8

String 1Fret 4

Low-string pattern

On the lowest C string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 3, 8, and 11, with the Ab root at fret 8. On the highest E string, the first Ab is at fret 4.

Fret 3Eb5

Fret 8Ab1

Fret 11Cbb3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Ab Minor Arpeggio on the low C string at frets 3, 8, 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 8, 1, 8, 1, 8, and 4, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.