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Abbmaj7 on guitar

Abbmaj7 is a major seventh, spelled Abb, Cb, Ebb and Gb. In Drop D tuning (D2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4) the easiest shape is 55400x, which sits at fret 4, spans 1 fret, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 1 string. 12 positions for it are shown below, from the nut up to fret 14.

Notes and intervals

NoteAbbCbEbbGb
Interval1P3M5P7M

12 ways to play it

Ordered by how hard they are to fret, easiest first, one per position on the neck. Fret numbers are relative to the position marked beside each grid.

Abb major seventh, open position, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: fret 5 with finger 2, fret 5 with finger 3, fret 4 with finger 1, open, open, muted. Frets are relative to the capo.231
55400xsits at fret 4, spans 1 fret, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 1 string
Abb major seventh, open position, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: fret 5 with finger 3, fret 5 with finger 4, fret 4 with finger 2, open, open, fret 3 with finger 1. Frets are relative to the capo.3421
554003sits at fret 3, spans 2 frets and lets 2 strings ring open
Abb major seventh, open position, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: open, fret 2 with finger 1, open, open, open, fret 2 with finger 2. Frets are relative to the capo.12
020002sits at fret 2, needs no stretch at all and lets 4 strings ring open
Abb major seventh, position 5, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: fret 5, fret 5, open, open, fret 7 with finger 2, fret 7 with finger 3. Frets are relative to the capo. Barre at relative fret 5, strings 1 to 2.5fr23
550077sits at fret 5, needs a barre across 2 strings at fret 5 and lets 2 strings ring open
Abb major seventh, position 10, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, fret 10 with finger 1, open, fret 11 with finger 2, open, muted. Frets are relative to the capo.10fr12
x100110xsits at fret 10, spans 1 fret, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 2 strings
Abb major seventh, position 9, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: open, fret 9 with finger 1, open, open, open, fret 10 with finger 2. Frets are relative to the capo.9fr12
0900010sits at fret 9, spans 1 fret and lets 4 strings ring open
Abb major seventh, position 7, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: open, fret 9 with finger 2, open, open, open, fret 7 with finger 1. Frets are relative to the capo.7fr21
090007sits at fret 7, spans 2 frets and lets 4 strings ring open
Abb major seventh, position 8, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: open, fret 9 with finger 2, fret 9 with finger 3, open, fret 8 with finger 1, muted. Frets are relative to the capo.8fr231
09908xsits at fret 8, spans 1 fret, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 1 string
Abb major seventh, position 14, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: open, fret 14 with finger 1, open, open, open, fret 14 with finger 2. Frets are relative to the capo.14fr12
01400014sits at fret 14, needs no stretch at all and lets 4 strings ring open
Abb major seventh, position 12, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: open, fret 14 with finger 2, open, open, fret 12 with finger 1, fret 14 with finger 3. Frets are relative to the capo.12fr213
014001214sits at fret 12, spans 2 frets and lets 3 strings ring open
Abb major seventh, position 11, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: open, fret 14 with finger 2, open, fret 11 with finger 1, open, fret 15 with finger 3. Frets are relative to the capo.11fr213
014011015sits at fret 11, spans 4 frets and lets 3 strings ring open
Abb major seventh, open position, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: fret 5 with finger 2, fret 5 with finger 3, fret 4, fret 4, open, muted. Frets are relative to the capo. Barre at relative fret 4, strings 3 to 4.23
55440xsits at fret 4, needs a barre across 2 strings at fret 4, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string

Keys Abbmaj7 belongs to

Abbmaj7 is diatonic to 16 of the 96 keys this app knows, playing a different role in each.

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