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Fig. 1 · Abm7 on the keyboard

piano chord

A♭m7

A♭1C♭♭3E♭5G♭♭7

Minor triad with a minor seventh. The same four notes as a major sixth chord a third above.

Written the other way round it is G♯m7 — the same twelve keys on a piano, a different piece of notation.

on guitaron ukulelethe scale

What is true of it

A♭m7 is A♭, C♭, E♭ and G♭ — 1, b3, 5 and b7 counted from A♭.

These are also the notes of B6/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♭7dominant seventhA♭maj7major seventhA♭m(maj7)minor major seventhA♭majorA♭mminorA♭dimdiminished

Cm7C♯m7D♭m7Dm7D♯m7E♭m7Em7Fm7all 374