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Steel-string acoustic guitar, seen from above
CHORD GUIDE

Abmaj7 chord on guitar (Ab major seventh)

The Abmaj7 chord is the notes Ab, C, Eb and G. The usual shape is a closed shape: 4 x 5 5 4 x, from the low E string to the high E. The guitar above is set up with Abmaj7 on the R key: tap it or press R to hear it, then strum the strings.

Play it on the guitarSee the fingering
The Acoustic guitar in Guitoro
Press R or tap its pad to hear it
Notes
Ab C Eb G
Frets
4 x 5 5 4 x
Shape
Closed shape
Type
major seventh

How to play Abmaj7

Numbers are fingers: 1 index to 4 little

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Abmaj7
  1. Your index finger on the low E string at the 4th fret.
  2. Your ring finger on the D string at the 5th fret.
  3. Your little finger on the G string at the 5th fret.
  4. Your middle finger on the B string at the 4th fret.
  5. Don't play the A and high E strings: start your strum on the low E string.

Abmaj7 up the neck

The same chord, higher and brighter

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Abmaj7 (up the neck)

Play it as x 11 13 12 13 11, a barre at the 11th fret. Switch the guitar's chord level from Standard to Up to hear it.

  1. Lay your index finger flat across the A to the high E string at the 11th fret.
  2. Your ring finger on the D string at the 13th fret.
  3. Your middle finger on the G string at the 12th fret.
  4. Your little finger on the B string at the 13th fret.
  5. Don't play the low E string: start your strum on the A string.

Chords that go with Abmaj7

These share a key with Abmaj7, so they sound right together, and they're on the pads next to it:

All the chords: guitar chord chart. Songs to practice them: easy guitar songs. Tune up first with the online guitar tuner.