What notes are in a Ab chord?

Ab is Ab, C, Eb: the 1, 3, 5 of Ab.

How do you play Ab on guitar?

Open C / C-Shape: x 11 10 8 9 8; Open A / A-Shape: x 11 13 13 13 11; Open G / G-Shape: 4 3 1 1 1 4 (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).

Guitar chord · Major

Ab chord (Ab Major)

Bright, stable, and strong fundamental major triad.

Notes AbCEb

Formula 1 3 5

Shapes 5 on this page

Ab 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.

Open C / C-Shape x 11 10 8 9 8

Open A / A-Shape x 11 13 13 13 11

Open G / G-Shape 4 3 1 1 1 4

Open E / E-Shape 4 6 6 5 4 4

Open D / D-Shape x x 6 8 9 8

Interactive chord diagram

Ab 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.

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Questions

What notes are in a Ab chord?: Ab is Ab, C, Eb: the 1, 3, 5 of Ab.
How do you play Ab on guitar?: Open C / C-Shape: x 11 10 8 9 8; Open A / A-Shape: x 11 13 13 13 11; Open G / G-Shape: 4 3 1 1 1 4 (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).

Major chords in every key

C C# D Eb E F F# G Ab A Bb B

More Ab chords

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