Guitar scale · Major & minor
A♭ natural minor scale on guitar
Every position of the A♭ natural minor scale on the guitar neck, with tabs and fingering.
The standard minor scale — sad, serious or dramatic.
Its relative major is C♭ major — same notes, different home note. See all the chords in the key of G♯ minor.
- Notes
- A♭B♭C♭D♭E♭F♭G♭
- Formula
- 12♭345♭6♭7
- Steps
- WHWWHWW
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|-------------------------5-7-9-------| G|-------------------4-6-8-------------| D|-------------4-6-8-------------------| 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♭ natural minor scale
Stack every other note of the scale to build a chord on each degree.
III
C♭
C♭maj7
C♭ E♭ G♭
VI
F♭
F♭maj7
F♭ A♭ C♭
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