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Ab7b9 Guitar Chord

A dramatic, tense sound. Common in jazz and flamenco. The flat ninth creates a strong chromatic pull toward resolution. On guitar, the fifth is sometimes omitted.

Guitar

Strings X–0–1–1–1–2

How to play the Ab7b9 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–0–1–1–1–2 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) Muted
5th string (A) Open
4th string (D) Fret 1 · index 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 Ab7b9 chord

Other names: Ab 7th flat 9

Music theory name: seventh flat nine chord

Common name: Ab 7b9 chord

Notes and intervals in the Ab7b9 chord

Note Interval
Ab Root
C Major 3rd
Eb Perfect 5th
Gb Minor 7th
A Minor 9th

All variations

Open
X–0–1–1–1–2
Fret 4
X–X–4–5–4–5
Fret 5
X–X–6–5–7–5
Fret 10
X–11–10–11–10–11

More chords with Ab as the root

The same chord type in other keys