What notes are in the A♭ Major scale?

A♭ Major contains Ab, Bb, C, Db, Eb, F, G. Its interval pattern from the root is W – W – H – W – W – W – H (W = whole, H = half).

What is the relative minor of A♭ major?

F minor — it uses exactly the same notes, starting from a different root.

The diatonic triads are Ab, Bbm, Cm, Db, Eb, Fm, Gdim.

SCALE REFERENCE

A♭ – B♭ – C – D♭ – E♭ – F – G1 2 3 4 5 6 7

The reference scale of Western music — bright, resolved, and the yardstick every other scale is described against.

Notes & degrees

A♭1B♭2C3D♭4E♭5F6G7

Piano

Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)

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

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

Chords in the key

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

Common progressions in A♭ major

A♭ – E♭ – Fm – D♭

A♭ – D♭ – E♭

B♭m – E♭ – A♭

Fm – D♭ – A♭ – E♭

Hear these and thousands of real songs that use them in the Song Chords Database and the progressions reference.

Other scales on A♭

Major on another root

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.