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Ab7 Ukulele 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.

Ukulele

Ab7 chord for ukulele – fingering 1–3–2–3, chord diagram

Strings 1–3–2–3

How to play the Ab7 chord on ukulele

Read the string pattern 1–3–2–3 from the G string to the A string. Numbers in the pattern are frets; numbers in the colored dots are left-hand fingers. 0 means an open string and X means a muted string.

4th string (G) Fret 1 · index finger

3rd string (C) Fret 3 · ring finger

2nd string (E) Fret 2 · middle finger

1st string (A) Fret 3 · pinky

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

All variations

Ab7 chord for ukulele, variation 1

Open

1–3–2–3

Ab7 chord for ukulele, variation 2 from fret 4

Fret 4

5–6–4–6

Ab7 chord for ukulele, variation 3 from fret 8

Fret 8

8–8–8–9

Ab7 chord for ukulele, variation 4 from fret 11

Fret 11

11–12–11–11

Songs using Ab7

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