Guitar chord · Minor 13th
Abm13 chord (Ab Minor 13th)
Minor 9th with the 13th on top: a warm, smooth minor sound.
Notes AbCbEbGbBbF
Formula 1 ♭3 5 ♭7 9 13
Shapes 2 on this page
Abm13 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.
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
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Tap any note to hear it.
Scales to play over Abm13
These scales start on Ab and contain every note of the chord, so they fit when Abm13 is the chord of the moment.
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Questions
- What notes are in a Abm13 chord?
- Abm13 is Ab, Cb, Eb, Gb, Bb, F: the 1, ♭3, 5, ♭7, 9, 13 of Ab.
- How do you play Abm13 on guitar?
- 6th String Root: 4 6 4 4 6 6; 5th String Root: x 11 13 11 12 13 (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).
- What scale goes with Abm13?
- Scales on Ab that contain every note of Abm13: Ab Dorian, Ab Ukrainian Dorian, Ab Bebop Dorian.
Minor 13th chords in every key
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Ab Abm Abdim Ab5 Ab7 Abmaj7 Abm7 Abm(maj7) Abmaj9 Ab9 Abm9 Abm11 Ab6 Abm6 Abadd9 Absus4 Absus2 Ab7sus4 Ab7#9 Abaug Abmaj7#5 Abdim7 Abm7b5 Ab7b9 Ab13 Ab6/9 Ab11 Ab9sus4 Abmadd9 Abadd11 Abm6/9 Ab7#5 Ab7b5 Ab7#11 Abmaj13 Abmaj11 Ab9#11 Abmaj9#11 Abmaj7#11 Abm9b5 Ab7sus4b9 Abm(maj9) Ab9#5 Ab9b5 Ab7b5b9 Ab7#5b9 Ab7#5#9 Ab7b5#9 Ab7b13 Ab13b9 Ab13#11 Abm7#5 Abmaj7b5 Abdim(maj7) Abmadd11