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A/Ab Guitar Chord

The fundamental chord with a bright, happy and stable sound. Forms the basis of most popular, rock, folk and classical music. Consists of three notes: the root, major third and perfect fifth. This is a slash chord — the bass note is Ab instead of the root.

Guitar

Strings 4–4–2–2–2–5

How to play the A/Ab chord on guitar

Read the string pattern 4–4–2–2–2–5 from the low E string to the high E string. Numbers in the pattern are frets; numbers in the colored dots are left-hand fingers. X means a muted string and 0 means an open string.

6th string (low E) Fret 4 · middle finger
5th string (A) Fret 4 · ring finger
4th string (D) Fret 2 · index finger
3rd string (G) Fret 2 · index finger
2nd string (B) Fret 2 · index finger
1st string (high E) Fret 5 · little finger

Notation for A/Ab chord

Other names: A major, A maj, A M

Music theory name: major triad

Common name: A major chord

Intervals and tones in A/Ab chord

Note Interval
A Root
C# Major 3rd
E Perfect 5th

All Variations

Fret 2
4–4–2–2–2–5
Fret 2
4–4–2–2–5–5
Fret 5
X–X–6–6–5–5
Fret 9
X–11–11–9–10–9

More chords with A as the root

The same chord type in other keys