Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Ab Power Chord Arpeggio in E Flat Standard Tuning

Ab Power Chord Arpeggio in E Flat Standard Tuning shows the same ab power chord arpeggio chord tones across 6 strings tuned Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb. The tuning changes where the same chord tones sit across the fretboard.

Chord tones: Ab, Eb
Formula: 1 5
Semitones: 0 7
Chord symbols: Ab5
Tuning: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: Eb2 to Eb4
24-fret range: Eb2 to Eb6

Open strings and root positions

3 of the 6 open strings belong to Ab Power Chord Arpeggio: string 6 Eb (5), string 5 Ab (1), and string 1 Eb (5). Ab roots occur on open string 5.

String 6Eb5

String 5Ab1

String 1Eb5

First root on each string

String 6Fret 5

String 5Open

String 4Fret 7

String 3Fret 2

String 2Fret 10

String 1Fret 5

Low-string pattern

On the lowest Eb string, the first-octave arpeggio pattern falls at frets 0 and 5, with the Ab root at fret 5. On the highest Eb string, the first Ab is at fret 5.

OpenEb5

Fret 5Ab1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Ab Power Chord Arpeggio on the low Eb string at frets 0 and 5, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets Eb on open string 6 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 5, 0, 7, 2, 10, and 5, adding the nearest arpeggio tone between each pair of roots.