Major family
A♭ sixth chord
A♭6A♭ sixth
Piano root position
- Root
- 3
- 5
- 6
Guitar standard tuning
Fret 3
No barre: each note has its own finger.
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
- F6
- ♭7
- 7
- A♭ Root
- C Major 3rd
- E♭ Perfect 5th
- F Major 6th
About this chord
What is an A♭ sixth chord?
A♭6 is built from 4 notes: A♭ (the root), C (the 3), E♭ (the 5), F (the 6). A major triad with a sweet, vintage colour on top.
- Notes
- A♭ · C · E♭ · F
- Formula
- 1 · 3 · 5 · 6
- Also written
- A♭maj6 · A♭M6
- Found in
- Outside the major and minor keys
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