Also written G♯ Natural Minor — the same pitches spelled the other way.
The plain minor scale — the relative minor of a major key, using the same notes from a different home note.
| Notes | Ab, Bb, Cb, Db, Eb, Fb, Gb |
|---|---|
| Steps | W – H – W – W – H – W – W (W = whole, H = half) |
| Also called | Aeolian |
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.
| Degree | Triad | 7th chord |
|---|---|---|
| i | A♭m | A♭m7 |
| ii° | B♭dim | B♭m7♭5 |
| ♭III | C♭ | C♭maj7 |
| iv | D♭m | D♭m7 |
| v | E♭m | E♭m7 |
| ♭VI | F♭ | F♭maj7 |
| ♭VII | G♭ | G♭7 |
These are the chords built by stacking scale notes in thirds. Click through for each chord's own diagrams:
A♭m – G♭ – F♭
A♭m – D♭m – E♭m
A♭m – F♭ – C♭ – G♭
Hear these and thousands of real songs that use them in the Song Chords Database and the progressions reference.
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.