Abmaj7 piano chord — the keys, the inversions, the theory

Abmaj7 is a major seventh chord built from Ab, C, Eb, G. 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.

Abmaj7

Ab · C · Eb · G

Piano keyboardC4C5

Semitones above the root: 0 – 4 – 7 – 11

A major third at the bottom is what makes this bright and settled.

Inversions of Abmaj7

  • Root position

    Ab · C · Eb · G · bass Ab

  • Inversion 1

    C · Eb · G · Ab · bass C

  • Inversion 2

    Eb · G · Ab · C · bass Eb

  • Inversion 3

    G · Ab · C · Eb · bass G

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 Abmaj7

  • AbI
  • EbIV

In Ab it does this job: I – V – vi – IV

  1. Abmaj7
  2. Eb
  3. Fm
  4. Db

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