Dominant familyV7 in D♭ major
A♭ dominant seventh chord
A♭7A♭ dominant seventh
Piano root position
- Root
- 3
- 5
- ♭7
Guitar standard tuning
Barre · fret 4
Lay your index flat across all six strings at fret 4.
Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little
Notation treble clef
Intervals
12 semitones- A♭1
- ♭2
- 2
- ♭3
- C3
- 4
- ♭5
- E♭5
- ♯5
- 6
- G♭♭7
- 7
- A♭ Root
- C Major 3rd
- E♭ Perfect 5th
- G♭ Minor 7th
About this chord
What is an A♭ dominant seventh chord?
A♭7 is built from 4 notes: A♭ (the root), C (the 3), E♭ (the 5), G♭ (the ♭7). Bluesy and restless: the tritone inside it wants to resolve.
- Notes
- A♭ · C · E♭ · G♭
- Formula
- 1 · 3 · 5 · ♭7
- Also written
- A♭dom7
- Found in
- V7 in D♭ major · VII7 in B♭ minor · V7 in C♯ harmonic minor
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