Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Ab Minor Arpeggio in Open E Tuning

Ab Minor Arpeggio in Open E Tuning shows the same ab minor arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned E B E G# B 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: E B E G# B E
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: E2 to E4
24-fret range: E2 to E6

Open strings and root positions

3 of the 6 open strings belong to Ab Minor Arpeggio: string 5 Cb (b3), string 3 Ab (1), and string 2 Cb (b3). Ab roots occur on open string 3.

String 5Cbb3

String 3Ab1

String 2Cbb3

First root on each string

String 6Fret 4

String 5Fret 9

String 4Fret 4

String 3Open

String 2Fret 9

String 1Fret 4

Low-string pattern

On the lowest E string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 4, 7, and 11, with the Ab root at fret 4. On the highest E string, the first Ab is at fret 4.

Fret 4Ab1

Fret 7Cbb3

Fret 11Eb5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Ab Minor Arpeggio on the low E string at frets 4, 7, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets Cb 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 4, 9, 4, 0, 9, and 4, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.