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How to play the Abm7 piano chord

(Basic Abm7 piano chord and Inversions of the Abm7 piano chord)

  • Chord symbol: Abm7
  • The Abm7 chord is a 4-note-chord (a tetrad)
  • A minor-seventh chord consists of 4 notes: Root note, Minor third, Fifth, Minor seventh
  • The 4 notes in the Abm7 chord are: Ab – Cb – Eb – Gb
  • A minor-seventh 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, Minor 7th. at the bottom.

 

In these piano chord charts you can see how to play the Abm7 piano chord in the 4 positions.

Abm7 Piano Chord. Root position (Root note at the bottom)
Abm7 Piano Chord. Root position (Root note at the bottom)

 

Abm7 Piano Chord. 1st. Inversion (Minor third at the bottom)
Abm7 Piano Chord. 1st. Inversion (Minor third at the bottom)

 

Abm7 Piano Chord. 2nd. Inversion (Fifth at the bottom)
Abm7 Piano Chord. 2nd. Inversion (Fifth at the bottom)

 

Abm7 Piano Chord. 3rd. Inversion (Minor seventh at the bottom)
Abm7 Piano Chord. 3rd. Inversion (Minor seventh at the bottom)

 

More on the Abm7 chord

  • The Abm7 chord is step 1 in the Ab minor (aeolian) scale.
  • The Abm7 chord is step 6 in the Cb major (ionian) scale

The Ab minor (aeolian) scale consists of the notes: Ab – Bb – Cb – Db – Eb – Fb – Gb – (Ab)
The Cb major (ionian) scale consists of the notes: Cb – Db – Eb – Fb – Gb – Ab – Bb – (Cb)

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