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Abmaj7b5 Guitar Chord

An unusual "Lydian" chord with a major seventh and a lowered fifth. Occasionally found in progressive jazz and experimental music.

Guitar

Strings 4–3–5–5–3–3

How to play the Abmaj7b5 chord on guitar

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

Notation for Abmaj7b5 chord

Other names: Ab major 7th flat 5

Music theory name: major seventh flat five chord

Common name: Ab major 7th flat 5 chord

Intervals and tones in Abmaj7b5 chord

Note Interval
Ab Root
C Major 3rd
D Diminished 5th
G Major 7th

All Variations

Fret 3
4–3–5–5–3–3
Fret 4
4–5–5–5–X–X
Fret 6
0–0–6–7–8–8
Fret 11
X–11–12–12–13–X

More chords with Ab as the root

The same chord type in other keys