Minor familyii in G♭ major
A♭ minor chord
A♭mA♭ minor
Piano root position
- Root
- ♭3
- 5
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
- C♭♭3
- 3
- 4
- ♭5
- E♭5
- ♯5
- 6
- ♭7
- 7
- A♭ Root
- C♭ Minor 3rd
- E♭ Perfect 5th
About this chord
What is an A♭ minor chord?
A♭m is built from 3 notes: A♭ (the root), C♭ (the ♭3), E♭ (the 5). Darker and more inward than major, because of the minor third.
- Notes
- A♭ · C♭ · E♭
- Formula
- 1 · ♭3 · 5
- Also written
- A♭min · A♭-
- Found in
- ii in G♭ major · iv in E♭ minor · vi in B major · iii in E major
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