4AbEbAbCEbAb
Fig. 1 · Ab · hard

guitar chord

A♭

A♭1C3E♭5

A major third and a perfect fifth over the root.

Written the other way round it is G♯ — the same twelve keys on a piano, a different piece of notation.

on ukuleleon pianothe scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

4
Fig. 2

466544

hard · barre

Fig. 3

4311xx

hard

4
Fig. 4

xx6544

hard

4
Fig. 5

4665xx

hard

4
Fig. 6

46654x

hard · barre

What is true of it

A♭ is A♭, C and E♭ — 1, 3 and 5 counted from A♭.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 3, the 5 goes first, in that order.

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is 466544: 4 fingers, one of them barring the 4th fret, held at the 4th fret.

None of them uses an open string, so this chord moves up the neck unchanged — the same shape 1 fret higher is the chord a semitone above.

2 of the 5 need a barre.

Where its notes are on the neck

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Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

The brass dots are A♭, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.

With a different note underneath

first inversion

A♭/C

x3111x

second inversion

A♭/E♭

xx1114

An inversion is the same chord with a different note lowest. The name changes to a slash name because the bass is what a listener hears as the foundation.

A♭ in other shapes

A♭mminorA♭dimdiminishedA♭augaugmentedA♭5power chordA♭sus2suspended secondA♭sus4suspended fourth

CC♯D♭DD♯E♭EFall 374