Ab chord on guitar
The Ab chord diagram on guitar, the notes it is built from, and the Alviena charts that use it.
The diagram
Songs to play with the Ab chord on guitar
- All Along The Watchtower — Jimi Hendrix
- La Tribu De Dana — Manau
- J'ai 2 Copains — 2 Copains
- Ma Préférence — Julien Clerc
- What A Wonderful World — Louis Armstrong
- Belle — Notre-Dame De Paris
- Reggae Night — Jimmy Cliff
- Smells Like Teen Spirit — Nirvana
Which chords go with Ab
Across the sheets in the catalogue, Ab most often appears alongside these chords. Learn them together and you can play a whole song.
The notes in Ab
Ab · Eb · C
The chord is built from 3 distinct pitches. A shape may double them an octave apart: the same note then appears more than once without changing the chord.
The shape, string by string
Barre at fret 4 · Shape starting at fret 3
| String | Fret | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | 4 | Ab |
| 5 | 6 | Eb |
| 4 | 6 | Ab |
| 3 | 5 | C |
| 2 | 4 | Eb |
| 1 | 4 | Ab |