CHORD REFERENCE

A♭m(maj7)

A♭ – C♭ – E♭ – G1 b3 5 7

The A♭ Minor–Major 7th chord and everything around it — the notes and how they are built, the shape on piano and guitar, the sound, and the keys it belongs to.

Notes
A♭1C♭b3E♭5G7

A♭m(maj7) is Ab, Cb, Eb, G — the 1, b3, 5 and 7 above the root A♭.

Piano
C♭GA♭E♭
Guitar

Guitar — every position (frets 0–12)

357912eGA♭C♭E♭BC♭E♭GA♭C♭GGA♭C♭E♭GDE♭GA♭C♭AC♭E♭GA♭EGA♭C♭E♭

Root notes are red. There is no standard open shape for this chord — any group of these notes on the neck sounds the chord.

Ukulele (standard G–C–E–A)

357912AC♭E♭GA♭EGA♭C♭E♭CE♭GA♭C♭GGA♭C♭E♭G

Every position of the chord tones on the ukulele neck — any group that sounds only Ab, Cb, Eb, G plays the chord.

In which keys

A♭m(maj7) is a colour chord — it is not diatonic to a plain major or minor key, which is what gives it its character. It shows up as a borrowed chord, an altered dominant, or a passing sound.

Other A♭ chords

Triads

A♭MajorA♭mMinorA♭5Power Chord (5)A♭dimDiminishedA♭augAugmentedA♭sus2Suspended 2ndA♭sus4Suspended 4th

Sixths & sevenths

A♭6Major 6thA♭m6Minor 6thA♭7Dominant 7thA♭maj7Major 7thA♭m7Minor 7thA♭dim7Diminished 7thA♭m7♭5Half-Diminished (m7♭5)A♭7sus47sus4

Altered dominants

A♭7♭57♭5A♭7♯57♯5 (Augmented 7th)A♭7♭97♭9A♭7♯97♯9 (Hendrix Chord)

Extended & added

A♭add9Added 9thA♭6/96/9A♭9Dominant 9thA♭maj9Major 9thA♭m9Minor 9thA♭11Dominant 11thA♭13Dominant 13th
Minor–Major 7th on another root
CC♯D♭DE♭EFF♯GA♭AB♭B
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