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Ab13 Guitar Chord

The widest extended chord — theoretically 7 notes. Typical of jazz and funk. All 7 notes can't be played on 6 strings — the fifth and eleventh are commonly omitted.

Guitar

Strings 4–1–3–1–1–2

How to play the Ab13 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern 4–1–3–1–1–2 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 · pinky
5th string (A) Fret 1 · index finger
4th string (D) Fret 3 · ring finger
3rd string (G) Fret 1 · index finger
2nd string (B) Fret 1 · index finger
1st string (high E) Fret 2 · middle finger

Other names for the Ab13 chord

Other names: Ab 13th, Ab thirteenth

Music theory name: dominant thirteenth chord

Common name: Ab thirteenth chord

Notes and intervals in the Ab13 chord

Note Interval
Ab Root
C Major 3rd
Eb Perfect 5th
Gb Minor 7th
Bb Major 9th
Db Perfect 11th
F Major 13th

All variations

Open
4–1–3–1–1–2
Fret 4
4–6–4–5–6–4
Fret 4
4–4–4–5–6–6
Fret 10
X–11–10–11–13–13

More chords with Ab as the root

The same chord type in other keys