Tuning-specific arpeggio diagram

Ab Minor Arpeggio in 8-String Drop E Tuning

Ab Minor Arpeggio in 8-String Drop E Tuning shows the same ab minor arpeggio chord tones across 8 strings tuned E B E A D G B E. The seventh and eighth strings extend the arpeggio into the lower register for wider-range chord tones and riff shapes.

Chord tones: AbBEb
Formula: 1 b3 5
Semitones: 0 3 7
Chord symbols: AbmAbmin
Tuning: E B E A D G B E
Strings: 8
Open pitch range: E1 to E4
24-fret range: E1 to E6

How this layout changes

The chord tones are the same pitch classes as the main Ab Minor Arpeggio page, but they are mapped across 8 strings in 8-string drop e tuning.

Use this diagram to compare the Ab root notes and Ab B Eb chord tones against the E low-string range and the remaining strings in this tuning.

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Reference pages

Ab Minor Guitar Arpeggio Main arpeggio reference 8-String Drop E Tuning Tuning notes and range

Ab Minor 7 Guitar Arpeggio 8-String Drop E Tuning Ab Minor-Major 7 Guitar Arpeggio 8-String Drop E Tuning Ab Diminished Guitar Arpeggio 8-String Drop E Tuning

Ab Minor Pentatonic Guitar Scale 8-String Drop E Tuning Ab Natural Minor (Aeolian) Guitar Scale 8-String Drop E Tuning Ab Dorian Guitar Scale 8-String Drop E Tuning

Same arpeggio in other tunings

E Flat Standard Tuning Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb D Standard Tuning D G C F A D C Standard Tuning C F Bb Eb G C B Standard Tuning B E A D F# B Drop D Tuning D A D G B E Drop C# Tuning C# G# C# F# A# D# Drop C Tuning C G C F A D Drop B Tuning B F# B E G# C# DADGAD Tuning D A D G A D Open E Tuning E B E G# B E Open D Tuning D A D F# A D Open G Tuning D G D G B D Open C Tuning C G C G C E Open A Tuning E A E A C# E 7-String Standard Tuning B E A D G B E 7-String Drop A Tuning A E A D G B E 7-String Drop G Tuning G D G C F A D 8-String Standard Tuning F# B E A D G B E