Ab5

Ab5 is Ab and Eb, a power chord. The shape this page opens on is written 466xxx, lowest string first.

Also written Ab(no 3rd) or Ab power chord. The same chord either way; which spelling you meet depends on who wrote the chart.

There are 2 common shapes for Ab5 on the guitar, and 19 derived voicings in the triad family.

In which keys. Every note of Ab5 belongs to C minor (the ♭VI), C# major (the V), C# minor (the v), Eb major (the IV), Eb minor (the iv), E major (the iii), F minor (the ♭III), F# major (the ii), Ab major (the I), Ab minor (the i), Bb minor (the ♭VII) and B major (the vi).

The common shapes, written lowest string first: 466xxx, x-11-13-x-x-x.

Triad. Three notes across one string set. Ab5 has 466xxx, x668xx, x-11-13-13-x-x, 11-11-13-x-x-x, 11-11-13-13-x-x, xxx144, xx114x, 4x114x.

The common shapes and the derived voicings come from different places, and both are explained in where the chords and the theory come from.