AbCF×
Fig. 1 · Ab6 · open

ukulele chord

A♭6

A♭1C3E♭5F6

A major triad with a sixth added. The same four notes as a minor seventh chord a third below.

Written the other way round it is G♯6 — the same twelve keys on a piano, a different piece of notation.

on guitaron pianothe scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

101x

open · no 5

Fig. 3

1013

open · no 5

Fig. 4

1313

moderate · barre

8
Fig. 5

x888

moderate · barre · no 5

What is true of it

A♭6 is A♭, C, E♭ and F — 1, 3, 5 and 6 counted from A♭.

These are also the notes of Fm7/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.

The easiest of the 4 fingerings below is 101x: 2 fingers, held at the 1st fret.

2 of them use open strings, which is what makes a shape quiet to change to.

2 of the 4 need a barre.

It leaves out the 5. 4 strings cannot carry 4 notes, and the 5 is the one this chord can lose without changing what it is.

1 string stays silent.

Where its notes are on the neck

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Fig. 6 — 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

4
first inversion

A♭6/C

5546

8
second inversion

A♭6/E♭

8888

3
third inversion

A♭6/F

x543

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♭m6minor sixthA♭majorA♭mminorA♭dimdiminished

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