What notes are in a Ab7b13 chord?

Ab7b13 is Ab, C, Eb, Gb, Fb: the 1, 3, 5, ♭7, ♭13 of Ab.

How do you play Ab7b13 on guitar?

6th String Root: 4 6 4 5 5 4; 5th String Root: x 11 13 11 13 12 (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).

What scale goes with Ab7b13?

Scales on Ab that contain every note of Ab7b13: Ab Phrygian Dominant, Ab Mixolydian b6, Ab Phrygian b4, Ab Lydian Dominant b6.

Guitar chord · Dominant 7b13

Ab7b13 chord (Ab Dominant 7b13)

Dominant 7th with a flat 13th: a dark dominant colour from the Mixolydian ♭6 scale.

Notes AbCEbGbFb

Formula 1 3 5 ♭7 ♭13

Shapes 2 on this page

Ab7b13 chord shapes

Tap a diagram to strum it. Numbers are fingers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky. Blue dots are the root, Ab.

6th String Root 4 6 4 5 5 4

5th String Root x 11 13 11 13 12

Interactive chord diagram

Ab7b13 on the fretboard

STR OP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 E A D G B E ✕

Tap any note to hear it.

Scales to play over Ab7b13

These scales start on Ab and contain every note of the chord, so they fit when Ab7b13 is the chord of the moment.

Ab Phrygian Dominant Ab Mixolydian b6 Ab Phrygian b4 Ab Lydian Dominant b6

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Questions

What notes are in a Ab7b13 chord?: Ab7b13 is Ab, C, Eb, Gb, Fb: the 1, 3, 5, ♭7, ♭13 of Ab.
How do you play Ab7b13 on guitar?: 6th String Root: 4 6 4 5 5 4; 5th String Root: x 11 13 11 13 12 (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).
What scale goes with Ab7b13?: Scales on Ab that contain every note of Ab7b13: Ab Phrygian Dominant, Ab Mixolydian b6, Ab Phrygian b4, Ab Lydian Dominant b6.

Dominant 7b13 chords in every key

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