Abmaj11 guitar chord
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About Abmaj11
Abmaj11 is Ab, C, Eb, G, Bb and Db. Its natural is the same note name as the 4th, while the major 3rd remains.
In a close voicing, sits one fret above . A sharp 11th raises that note one more fret; Abmaj11 calls for the natural 11th.
Let both notes sound only when you want that close interval heard. For the sharp 11th instead, played without a 5th, the chord is .
Also written AbM11, AbΔ11 or Ab major 11.
How to use Abmaj11
How you get to it. The turn that lands on Abmaj11 is to — the ii and the V of Ab — and shares its third and seventh with , so the hand barely moves between them.
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In which keys. Every note of Abmaj11 belongs to F minor (the ♭III) and Ab major (the I, the tonic).
What to play over Abmaj11
Useful scales
- +F
Contains Abmaj11 and adds thirteenth.
Chords near Abmaj11
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