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Fig. 1 · Ab on the keyboard

piano chord

A♭

A♭1C3E♭5

A major third and a perfect fifth over the root.

Written the other way round it is G♯ — the same twelve keys on a piano, a different piece of notation.

on guitaron ukulelethe scale

What is true of it

A♭ is A♭, C and E♭ — 1, 3 and 5 counted from A♭.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 3, the 5 goes first, in that order.

A♭ in other shapes

A♭mminorA♭dimdiminishedA♭augaugmentedA♭5power chordA♭sus2suspended secondA♭sus4suspended fourth

CC♯D♭DD♯E♭EFall 374