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How to play the Ab7 piano chord

(Basic Ab7 piano chord and Inversions of the Ab7 piano chord)

  • Chord symbol: Ab7
  • The Ab7 chord is a 4-note-chord (a tetrad)
  • A seventh chord consists of 4 notes: Root note, Major third, Fifth, Minor seventh
  • The 4 notes in the Ab7 chord are: Ab – C – Eb – Gb
  • A seventh chord can basically be played in root position and 3 inversions (Total of 4 positions): Root note at the bottom, Major third at the bottom, The fifth at the bottom, Minor 7th. at the bottom.

 

In these piano chord charts you can see how to play the Ab7 piano chord in the 4 positions.

Ab7 Piano Chord. Root position (Root note at the bottom)
Ab7 Piano Chord. Root position (Root note at the bottom)

 

Ab7 Piano Chord. 1st. Inversion (Major third at the bottom)
Ab7 Piano Chord. 1st. Inversion (Major third at the bottom)

 

Ab7 Piano Chord. 2nd. Inversion (Fifth at the bottom)
Ab7 Piano Chord. 2nd. Inversion (Fifth at the bottom)

 

Ab7 Piano Chord. 3rd. Inversion (Minor seventh at the bottom)
Ab7 Piano Chord. 3rd. Inversion (Minor seventh at the bottom)

More on the Ab7 chord

  • The Ab7 chord is step 1 in the Ab mixolydian scale.
  • The Ab7 chord is step 5 (dominant) in the Db major (ionian) scale

The Ab mixolydian scale consists of the notes: Ab – Bb – C – Db – Eb – F – Gb – (Ab)
The Db major (ionian) scale consists of the notes: Db – Eb – F – Gb – Ab – Bb – C – (Db)

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