SCALE REFERENCE

A♭ Harmonic Minor

A♭ – B♭ – C♭ – D♭ – E♭ – F♭ – G1 2 b3 4 5 b6 7

Natural minor with a raised 7th, so the V chord becomes major and pulls strongly home. The gap between b6 and 7 gives it its distinctive colour.

Notes & degrees
A♭1B♭2C♭b3D♭4E♭5F♭b6G7
NotesAb, Bb, Cb, Db, Eb, Fb, G
Steps2 – 1 – 2 – 2 – 1 – 3 – 1 (semitones)
Piano
C♭F♭GA♭B♭D♭E♭
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eF♭GA♭B♭C♭D♭E♭F♭BC♭D♭E♭F♭GA♭B♭C♭GGA♭B♭C♭D♭E♭F♭GDE♭F♭GA♭B♭C♭D♭AB♭C♭D♭E♭F♭GA♭EF♭GA♭B♭C♭D♭E♭F♭

Root notes are red. The full map of the scale on the guitar neck; the common box patterns are groups of these notes.

357912AB♭C♭D♭E♭F♭GA♭EF♭GA♭B♭C♭D♭E♭F♭CD♭E♭F♭GA♭B♭C♭GGA♭B♭C♭D♭E♭F♭G

The same scale on a ukulele in standard G–C–E–A tuning.

Chords in the key
DegreeTriad7th chord
iA♭mA♭m(maj7)
ii°B♭dimB♭m7♭5
♭III+C♭augC♭maj7♯5
ivD♭mD♭m7
VE♭E♭7
♭VIF♭F♭maj7
vii°GdimGdim7

These are the chords built by stacking scale notes in thirds. Click through for each chord's own diagrams:

iA♭mii°B♭dim♭III+C♭augivD♭mVE♭♭VIF♭vii°Gdim
Other scales on A♭

Core scales & modes

A♭ MajorA♭ Natural MinorA♭ Melodic MinorA♭ DorianA♭ PhrygianA♭ LydianA♭ MixolydianA♭ Locrian

Pentatonic & blues

A♭ Major PentatonicA♭ Minor PentatonicA♭ BluesA♭ Major Blues

Jazz & altered

A♭ Harmonic MajorA♭ Phrygian DominantA♭ Lydian DominantA♭ AlteredA♭ Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

A♭ Whole ToneA♭ Diminished (Whole–Half)A♭ Diminished (Half–Whole)A♭ Augmented Scale

World & exotic

A♭ Hungarian MinorA♭ Double Harmonic MajorA♭ Neapolitan Minor
Harmonic Minor on another root
CC♯DE♭EFF♯GA♭AB♭B
Keep exploring

See the diatonic chords with audio in the Scale & Chord Finder, find where a key sits among the others on the Circle of Fifths, or start the free Cloud Atelier music guides.