Ab Major Scale on Piano & Guitar + Chords in the Key of Ab Major

💡 Here's a bright A flat major scale reference which shows the notes, finger position on the piano keyboard, intervals, scale degrees, diatonic chords and common chord progressions in A♭ major.

🎸 You'll also find the A♭ major scale on the guitar fretboard.

ⓘ The G^♯ major scale is enharmonic to the A_♭ major scale. It has the same pitches, but uses different notes names: G^♯ A^♯ B^♯ C^♯ D^♯ E^♯ F^♯♯.

The A_♭ major scale is a diatonic scale consisting of the pitches A_♭, B_♭, C, D_♭, E_♭, F and G. Its relative minor is F minor.

The key signature for the A_♭ major scale has 4 flats: B_♭, E_♭, A_♭ and D_♭.

The key of A_♭ major is closely related to the key of E_♭ major and the key of D_♭ major.

→ go to all major & minor scales

A♭ major scale piano layout & finger position

Here's a piano keyboard showing the notes of the A♭ major scale, followed by a visual for the finger position on the piano. Hit play to hear the notes of the A♭ major scale up and down:

• A_♭
• B_♭
• C
• D_♭
• E_♭
• F
• G
• A_♭

A♭ Major Scale on Guitar

🎸 Here you'll find a guitar fretboard representation with the notes of the A_♭ major scale , using standard guitar tuning: E A D G B E. You can show all notes, only the root notes, the intervals or the scale degrees:

You can also highlight specific scale positions on the guitar fretboard for the A♭ major scale, using the CAGED system or the Three Notes Per String system (TNPS):

Chords in the key of A♭ major
(A♭ major diatonic chords)

The diatonic chords in the key of A♭ major are: A_♭ major, B_♭ minor, C minor, D_♭ major, E_♭ major, F minor and G diminished

Tap or use numbers 1 through 7 to trigger the chords. You can also tap to trigger the chord inversions or the 7th chords. This tool can be used as a chord progression generator.

Popular Songs in the Key of A♭ Major

• Stayin' Alive by The Bee Gees
• Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana
• Every Breath You Take by The Police
• In Too Deep by Genesis
• Welcome to the Jungle by Guns N' Roses
• Somebody to Love by Queen
• Come Undone by Duran Duran
• Viva La Vida by Coldplay

Major scale formula

🔧 The major scales are constructed using this note pattern:

• W-W-H-W-W-W-H

W = Whole step   H = Half step

go to a different major or minor scale:

C majorC^♯ majorD_♭ majorD majorE_♭ majorE majorF majorF^♯ majorG_♭ majorG majorA majorB_♭ majorB majorC_♭ major

C minor C^♯ minor D_♭ minorD minorD^♯ minorE_♭ minorE minorF minorF^♯ minorG minorG^♯ minorA_♭ minorA minorA^♯ minorB_♭ minorB minor