Guitar scale · Major & minor
A♭ harmonic minor scale on guitar
Every position of the A♭ harmonic minor scale on the guitar neck, with tabs and fingering.
Minor with a raised 7th: an exotic, classical sound with a strong pull back home.
- Notes
- A♭B♭C♭D♭E♭F♭G
- Formula
- 12♭345♭67
- Steps
- WHWWHW+HH
Guitar
Standard tuning (E A D G B E) · 7 positions using 3 notes per string
Position 1 tab · frets 4–9, ascending
e|-------------------------------6-7-9-| B|-------------------------5-8-9-------| G|-------------------4-6-8-------------| D|-------------5-6-8-------------------| A|-------4-6-7-------------------------| E|-4-6-7-------------------------------|
Play from the lowest note to the highest, then back down. Use one finger per fret: your index finger covers fret 4, and shift your hand slightly for the wider stretches. R marks the root — the home note to start and end on.
Chords in the A♭ harmonic minor scale
Stack every other note of the scale to build a chord on each degree.
III+
C♭aug
C♭maj7♯5
C♭ E♭ G
VI
F♭
F♭maj7
F♭ A♭ C♭
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