4 6 6 4 4 4
Ab minor
Notes: Ab · Cb · Eb
More common: G# minor
Triads
Suspended
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Extensions
Common shapes (2)
x x 6 8 9 7
Other shapes (28)
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4 2 1 1 0 x
4 2 1 4 0 x
4 6 6 4 0 x
x x 6 8 0 7
x x 6 4 4 4
4 x 1 1 0 4
4 2 1 x 0 4
4 x 1 4 0 4
4 6 x 4 0 4
4 6 6 x 0 4
4 2 x 4 4 x
x x 6 4 4 7
About Ab minor
The notes of Ab minor are Ab (root), Cb (minor third) and Eb (perfect fifth). In scale degrees above the root, the formula is 1 – b3 – 5. It is a minor chord: its minor third gives it a darker, more melancholic character than the major chord.
Ab minor has 2 common voicings, based on the E and D shapes of the CAGED system. There are 28 more voicings sorted by difficulty; use the viewer switches to add inversions and stretches. Another way to write Ab minor is G# minor (the same piano key, with a different name). The usual choice is G# minor.