What notes are in a Abm7 chord?

Abm7 is Ab, Cb, Eb, Gb: the 1, ♭3, 5, ♭7 of Ab.

How do you play Abm7 on guitar?

Em7-Shape (6th String Root): 4 6 4 4 4 4; Am7-Shape (5th String Root): x 11 13 11 12 11 (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).

What scale goes with Abm7?

Scales on Ab that contain every note of Abm7: Ab Minor, Ab Minor Pentatonic, Ab Blues, Ab Dorian, Ab Phrygian, Ab Half-Whole Diminished.

Guitar chord · Minor 7th

Abm7 chord (Ab Minor 7th)

Velvety smooth minor chord foundational to funk, R&B, and jazz.

Notes AbCbEbGb

Formula 1 ♭3 5 ♭7

Shapes 2 on this page

Abm7 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.

Em7-Shape (6th String Root) 4 6 4 4 4 4

Am7-Shape (5th String Root) x 11 13 11 12 11

Interactive chord diagram

Abm7 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 ✕

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Scales to play over Abm7

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

Ab Minor Ab Minor Pentatonic Ab Blues Ab Dorian Ab Phrygian Ab Half-Whole Diminished Ab Dorian b2 Ab Ukrainian Dorian Ab Bebop Dorian Ab Phrygian b4 Ab Lydian #2 #6 Ab Hungarian Major Ab Bebop Harmonic Minor

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Questions

What notes are in a Abm7 chord?: Abm7 is Ab, Cb, Eb, Gb: the 1, ♭3, 5, ♭7 of Ab.
How do you play Abm7 on guitar?: Em7-Shape (6th String Root): 4 6 4 4 4 4; Am7-Shape (5th String Root): x 11 13 11 12 11 (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).
What scale goes with Abm7?: Scales on Ab that contain every note of Abm7: Ab Minor, Ab Minor Pentatonic, Ab Blues, Ab Dorian, Ab Phrygian, Ab Half-Whole Diminished.

Minor 7th chords in every key

Cm7 C#m7 Dm7 Ebm7 Em7 Fm7 F#m7 Gm7 Abm7 Am7 Bbm7 Bm7