Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Ab Minor Arpeggio in Open G Tuning

Ab Minor Arpeggio in Open G Tuning shows the same ab minor 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
Formula: 1 b3 5
Semitones: 0 3 7
Chord symbols: Abm, Abmin
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

1 of the 6 open strings belong to Ab Minor Arpeggio: string 2 Cb (b3). None of those open-string tones is the Ab root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

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, 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 6Ab1

Fret 9Cbb3

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Ab Minor Arpeggio on the low D string at frets 1, 6, and 9, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets Cb on open string 2 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.