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The Minor blues in Ab minor

Minor blues in Ab minor plays Abm7, Dbm7 and Eb7 — i, iv and V — across 12 chords. The twelve-bar blues form in a minor key: minor seventh chords throughout, except a dominant seventh V that pulls harder back to the tonic.

The chords, in order

Bar 1Abm7i
Bar 2Dbm7iv
Bar 3Abm7i
Bar 4Abm7i
Bar 5Dbm7iv
Bar 6Dbm7iv
Bar 7Abm7i
Bar 8Abm7i
Bar 9Eb7V
Bar 10Dbm7iv
Bar 11Abm7i
Bar 12Eb7V

The shapes

iAbm7
Ab minor seventh, position 4, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: fret 4, fret 6, fret 4, fret 4, fret 4, fret 4. Frets are relative to the capo. Barre at relative fret 4, strings 1 to 6.4fr
464444ivDbm7
Db minor seventh, open position, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: open, fret 2, fret 2, fret 1, fret 2, open. Frets are relative to the capo.
022120VEb7
Eb dominant seventh, open position, capo 0. Strings from lowest to highest: muted, muted, fret 1, fret 3, fret 2, fret 3. Frets are relative to the capo.
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The same progression in a nearby key

Open Minor blues in Ab minor in the explorer →All seven chords in Ab minor →