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Fig. 1 · Abm6 on the keyboard

piano chord

A♭m6

A♭1C♭♭3E♭5F6

A minor triad with a major sixth added, which is why it is not simply a minor chord with a flat seventh.

Written the other way round it is G♯m6 — the same twelve keys on a piano, a different piece of notation.

on guitaron ukulelethe scale

What is true of it

A♭m6 is A♭, C♭, E♭ and F — 1, b3, 5 and 6 counted from A♭.

These are also the notes of Fm7♭5/A♭. Which name is right depends on what is underneath and what came before — the notes alone do not decide.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 4, the 5 goes first, in that order.

A♭ in other shapes

A♭6major sixthA♭majorA♭mminorA♭dimdiminished

Cm6C♯m6D♭m6Dm6D♯m6E♭m6Em6Fm6all 374