Ab7 Piano 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.
Recommended voicing
Ab3 · C4 · Eb4 · Gb4
With bass · rootless
Left hand
Gb3 · C4
fingers 5–1
Right hand
Free
melody / improvisation
Jazz accompaniment with a bass player: the bass supplies the root, leaving the right hand free for melody or improvisation.
Other names for the Ab7 chord
Other names: Ab dominant 7th, Abdom7
Music theory name: dominant seventh chord
Common name: Ab seven chord
Notes and intervals in the Ab7 chord
| Note | Interval |
|---|---|
| Ab | Root |
| C | Major 3rd |
| Eb | Perfect 5th |
| Gb | Minor 7th |
Inversions
1st inversion
C4 · Eb4 · Gb4 · Ab4
2nd inversion
Eb4 · Gb4 · Ab4 · C5