Guitar chord · Major 7b5
Abmaj7b5 chord (Ab Major 7b5)
Major 7th with a lowered 5th: a rare chord with a tritone between the root and the ♭5.
Notes AbCDG
Formula 1 3 ♭5 7
Shapes 3 on this page
Abmaj7b5 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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Scales to play over Abmaj7b5
These scales start on Ab and contain every note of the chord, so they fit when Abmaj7b5 is the chord of the moment.
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Questions
- What notes are in a Abmaj7b5 chord?
- Abmaj7b5 is Ab, C, D, G: the 1, 3, ♭5, 7 of Ab.
- How do you play Abmaj7b5 on guitar?
- 6th String Root: 4 5 5 5 x x; 5th String Root: x 11 12 12 13 x; 4th String Root: x x 6 7 8 8 (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).
- What scale goes with Abmaj7b5?
- Scales on Ab that contain every note of Abmaj7b5: Ab Lydian, Ab Lydian Augmented, Ab Lydian #2, Ab Lydian Augmented #2, Ab Lydian #2 #6, Ab Leading Whole Tone.
Major 7b5 chords in every key
Cmaj7b5 C#maj7b5 Dmaj7b5 Ebmaj7b5 Emaj7b5 Fmaj7b5 F#maj7b5 Gmaj7b5 Abmaj7b5 Amaj7b5 Bbmaj7b5 Bmaj7b5
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