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Abm on guitar

Abm is a minor, spelled Ab, Cb and Eb. In Standard tuning (E2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4) the easiest shape is 466444, which sits at fret 4 and needs a barre across 6 strings at fret 4. 12 positions for it are shown below, from the nut up to fret 13.

Notes and intervals

NoteAbCbEb
Interval1P3m5P

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.

Ab minor, position 4, capo 04fr23
466444sits at fret 4 and needs a barre across 6 strings at fret 4
Ab minor, open position, capo 0324
421104sits at fret 1, needs a barre across 2 strings at fret 1 and lets 1 string ring open
Ab minor, position 6, capo 06fr132
xx6807sits at fret 6, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 2 strings
Ab minor, position 11, capo 011fr123
x1113130xsits at fret 11, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 2 strings
Ab minor, position 8, capo 08fr3214
x1198011sits at fret 8, spans 3 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
Ab minor, position 7, capo 07fr3241
xx9897sits at fret 7, spans 2 frets and mutes 2 strings
Ab minor, position 2, capo 02fr2143
42640xsits at fret 2, spans 4 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
Ab minor, position 9, capo 09fr231
11119xxxsits at fret 9, spans 2 frets and mutes 3 strings
Ab minor, position 13, capo 013fr2
x1413130xsits at fret 13, needs a barre across 2 strings at fret 13, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 2 strings
Ab minor, position 12, capo 012fr231
xx131312xsits at fret 12, spans 1 fret and mutes 3 strings
Ab minor, position 4, capo 04fr23
46640xsits at fret 4, needs a barre across 4 strings at fret 4, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
Ab minor, position 4, capo 04fr23
46644xsits at fret 4, needs a barre across 5 strings at fret 4 and mutes 1 string

The five shapes

Every shape below is one of the five open chords moved up the neck, with a finger — or the nut — standing in for the open strings. Abm turns up as an E shape, a D shape and an A shape: E at fret 4, D at fret 6, A at fret 11.

Ab minor, position 4, capo 04fr23
E shapeAbm as an E shape: barre at fret 4, fingered 466444.
Ab minor, position 6, capo 06fr1342
D shapeAbm as a D shape: index finger at fret 6, fingered xx6897.
Ab minor, position 11, capo 011fr342
A shapeAbm as an A shape: barre at fret 11, fingered x1113131211.

Keys Abm belongs to

Abm is diatonic to 24 of the 96 keys this app knows, playing a different role in each.

Abm in another tuning

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