Abm7 piano chord — the keys, the inversions, the theory
Abm7 is a minor seventh chord built from Ab, Cb, Eb, Gb. Below: the keys to press, every inversion with its own diagram, the intervals it is made of, the keys whose scale contains it, and a progression that actually uses it. Press any diagram to hear it.
Abm7
Ab · Cb · Eb · Gb
Semitones above the root: 0 – 3 – 7 – 10
The third is minor — one semitone lower than in a major chord — which is where the darker colour comes from.
Inversions of Abm7
Root position
Ab · Cb · Eb · Gb · bass Ab
Inversion 1
Cb · Eb · Gb · Ab · bass Cb
Inversion 2
Eb · Gb · Ab · Cb · bass Eb
Inversion 3
Gb · Ab · Cb · Eb · bass Gb
Same chord, different note at the bottom. Press a diagram to hear it — inversions are how you move between chords without jumping your hand across the keyboard.
Keys that contain Abm7
- Eiii
- Bvi
- F#ii
In B it does this job: I – V – vi – IV
- B
- F#
- Abm7
- E