Major & minor
A♭ harmonic minor scale
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
How to play the A♭ harmonic minor scale
On guitar
e|-------------------------------6-7-9-| B|-------------------------5-8-9-------| G|-------------------4-6-8-------------| D|-------------5-6-8-------------------| A|-------4-6-7-------------------------| E|-4-6-7-------------------------------|
Position 1 · frets 4–9
All 7 positions with neck diagrams →On piano
Right hand: 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
Fingering for both hands & notation →On ukulele
A|-----------1-2-4-| E|-------3---------| C|-1-3-4-----------| G|---------1-------|
Position 1 · frets 1–4
All 7 positions with neck diagrams →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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