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Steel-string acoustic guitar, seen from above
CHORD GUIDE

Ab7 chord on guitar (Ab dominant seventh)

The Ab7 chord is the notes Ab, C, Eb and Gb. The usual shape is a barre at the 4th fret: 4 6 4 5 4 4, from the low E string to the high E. The guitar above is set up with Ab7 on the Q key: tap it or press Q to hear it, then strum the strings.

Play it on the guitarSee the fingering
The Acoustic guitar in Guitoro
Press Q or tap its pad to hear it
Notes
Ab C Eb Gb
Frets
4 6 4 5 4 4
Shape
Barre, 4th fret
Type
dominant seventh

How to play Ab7

Numbers are fingers: 1 index to 4 little

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Ab7
  1. Lay your index finger flat across the low E to the high E string at the 4th fret.
  2. Your ring finger on the A string at the 6th fret.
  3. Your middle finger on the G string at the 5th fret.

Ab7 up the neck

The same chord, higher and brighter

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Ab7 (up the neck)

Play it as x 11 13 11 13 11, a barre at the 11th fret. Switch the guitar's chord level from Standard to Up to hear it.

  1. Lay your index finger flat across the A to the high E string at the 11th fret.
  2. Your ring finger on the D string at the 13th fret.
  3. Your little finger on the B string at the 13th fret.
  4. Don't play the low E string: start your strum on the A string.

Chords that go with Ab7

These share a key with Ab7, so they sound right together, and they're on the pads next to it:

All the chords: guitar chord chart. Songs to practice them: easy guitar songs. Tune up first with the online guitar tuner.