Abm
How to play the A Flat Minor Chord on your piano or keyboard
From the chord symbol Abm we get the following information:
- The Abm chord has the note Ab as root note
- The Abm chord is a 3-note chord (a triad)
- The Abm chord is a minor chord
Because Abm is a 3-note chord it also has 3 inversions:
- Root inversion
- 1st. inversion
- 2nd. inversion
Abm chord – Root inversion (basic inversion) looks like this: Ab – Cb – Eb
Abm chord – 1st. inversion (root note at the top of the chord): Cb – Eb – Ab
Abm chord – 2nd. inversion (root note in the middle of the chord): Eb – Ab – Cb
Abm chord – fingering:
Root inversion:
| Finger | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Note | Ab | Cb | Eb |
1st. inversion:
| Finger | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Note | Cb | Eb | Ab |
2nd. inversion:
| Finger | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Note | Eb | Ab | Cb |
Abm chord – Closely related scales and harmonic functions:
The Abm chord is the 1st. step in the A flat minor scale
| Step | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Chord | Abm | Bbm(b5) | Cb | Dbm | Ebm | Fb | Gb |
The Abm chord is the 4th. step in the E flat minor scale
| Step | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Chord | Ebm | Fm(b5) | Gb | Abm | Bbm | Cb | Db |
The Abm chord is the 5th. step in the Db minor scale
| Step | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Chord | Dbm | Ebm(b5) | Fb | Gb | Abm | Bbb | Cb |
The Abm chord is the 6th. step in the C flat major scale
| Step | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Chord | Cb | Dbm | Ebm | Fb | Gb | Abm | Bbm(b5) |