Suspended & power
A♭ power chord chord
Just the root and 5th — punchy and neutral, a rock guitar staple.
- Notes
- A♭E♭
- Formula
- 15
- Built from
- root · perfect 5th
How to play A♭5
About the A♭ power chord chord
Playing it
On guitar, the usual A♭5 shape is 466xxx at the 4th fret. It has no open strings, so it’s a movable shape — slide it along the neck for other power chord chords. Don’t strum the G, B and high E strings.
On piano, every note of A♭5 is a black key.
On ukulele the usual A♭5 shape is x346, using three fingers.
