Ab Major Scale

The Ab major scale has a lush, romantic quality with four flats. Widely used in R&B, gospel, and jazz ballads, it produces rich chord voicings when played with barre shapes on guitar.

Also known as

G# Major
Ab Ionian
G# Ionian

Formula

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Notes

AbBbCDbEbFG

Diatonic Chords

These chords are built from the notes of the Ab Major scale. Each degree gets a chord based on the intervals stacked above it.

I G# Major

ii A# Minor

iii C Minor

IV C# Major

V D# Major

vi F Minor

vii° G dim

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Ab Major guitar scale fretboard chart diagram

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