Ab Minor Scale

The Ab minor scale (enharmonic to G# minor) has a dark, complex character. Rarely notated this way on guitar, it shares fingerings with G# minor and appears in jazz and classical contexts.

Also known as

G# Minor
Ab Natural Minor
G# Natural Minor
Ab Aeolian
G# Aeolian

Formula

1 2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7

Notes

AbBbBDbEbEGb

Diatonic Chords

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

i G# Minor

ii° A# dim

III B Major

iv C# Minor

v D# Minor

VI E Major

VII F# Major

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