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Ab Major 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.

Guitar

Strings 4–6–6–5–4–4

How to play the Ab Major chord on guitar

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

Notation for Ab chord

Other names: Ab major, Ab maj, Ab M

Music theory name: major triad

Common name: Ab major chord

Intervals and tones in Ab chord

Note Interval
Ab Root
C Major 3rd
Eb Perfect 5th

All Variations

Open
4–3–1–1–1–X
Fret 4
4–6–6–5–4–4
Fret 6
X–6–6–8–9–8
Fret 8
8–11–10–8–9–8

Songs using Ab