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Guitar chord · Minor 7#5

Abm7#5 chord (Ab Minor 7#5)

Minor 7th with a raised 5th: an unusual, tense minor colour.

Notes AbCbEGb
Formula 1 ♭3 ♯5 ♭7
Shapes 2 on this page

Abm7#5 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 x 4 4 5 x
5th String Root x 11 x 11 12 12

Interactive chord diagram

Abm7#5 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 Abm7#5

These scales start on Ab and contain every note of the chord, so they fit when Abm7#5 is the chord of the moment.

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Questions

What notes are in a Abm7#5 chord?
Abm7#5 is Ab, Cb, E, Gb: the 1, ♭3, ♯5, ♭7 of Ab.
How do you play Abm7#5 on guitar?
6th String Root: 4 x 4 4 5 x; 5th String Root: x 11 x 11 12 12 (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).
What scale goes with Abm7#5?
Scales on Ab that contain every note of Abm7#5: Ab Minor, Ab Phrygian, Ab Locrian, Ab Altered, Ab Locrian Natural 2, Ab Phrygian b4.

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