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Ab7 Guitar Chord

A tense chord that "wants" to resolve up a fourth. Essential for blues, jazz, rock'n'roll and funk. The added minor seventh creates characteristic tension.

Guitar

Strings X–X–1–1–1–2

How to play the Ab7 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–X–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) Do not play
5th string (A) Do not play
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

Notation for Ab7 chord

Other names: Ab dominant 7th, Ab dom7, Ab 7

Music theory name: dominant seventh chord

Common name: Ab seven chord

Intervals and tones in Ab7 chord

Note Interval
Ab Root
C Major 3rd
Eb Perfect 5th
F# Minor 7th

All Variations

Open
X–X–1–1–1–2
Fret 4
4–6–4–5–4–4
Fret 6
X–6–6–8–7–8
Fret 11
11–11–13–11–13–11

Songs using Ab7