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How to play the Abm6 piano chord

(Basic Abm6 piano chord and Inversions of the Abm6 piano chord)

  • Chord symbol: Abm6
  • The Abm6 chord is a 4-note-chord (a tetrad)
  • A minor-sixth chord consists of 4 notes: Root note, Minor third, Fifth, Sixth
  • The 4 notes in the Abm6 chord are: Ab – Cb – Eb – F
  • A minor-sixth chord can basically be played in root position and 3 inversions (Total of 4 positions): Root note at the bottom, Minor third at the bottom, The fifth at the bottom, Sixth at the bottom.

 


In these piano chord charts you can see how to play the Abm6 piano chord in the 4 positions.

Abm6 Piano Chord. Root position (Root note at the bottom)
Abm6 Piano Chord. Root position (Root note at the bottom)

 

Abm6 Piano Chord. 1st. Inversion (Minor third at the bottom)
Abm6 Piano Chord. 1st. Inversion (Minor third at the bottom)

 

Abm6 Piano Chord. 2nd. Inversion (Fifth at the bottom)
Abm6 Piano Chord. 2nd. Inversion (Fifth at the bottom)

 

Abm6 Piano Chord. 3rd. Inversion (Sixth at the bottom)
Abm6 Piano Chord. 3rd. Inversion (Sixth at the bottom)

 

More on the Abm6 chord

  • The Abm6 chord can be found as step 1 in the Ab dorian scale.
  • The Ab dorian scale consists of the notes: Ab – Bb – Cb – Db – Eb – F – Gb – (Ab)
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