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H/Ab 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. This is a slash chord — the bass note is Ab instead of the root.

Guitar

Strings 4–6–4–4–4–7

How to play the H/Ab chord on guitar

Read the string pattern 4–6–4–4–4–7 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 4 · index finger
3rd string (G) Fret 4 · index finger
2nd string (B) Fret 4 · index finger
1st string (high E) Fret 7 · little finger

Notation for H/Ab chord

Other names: H major, H maj, H M

Music theory name: major triad

Common name: H major chord

Intervals and tones in H/Ab chord

Note Interval
H Root
Eb Major 3rd
F# Perfect 5th

All Variations

Fret 4
4–6–4–4–4–7
Fret 4
4–6–4–4–7–7
Fret 6
X–X–6–8–7–7
Fret 11
X–11–13–11–12–11

More chords with H as the root

The same chord type in other keys