Ab piano chord — the keys, the inversions, the theory
Ab is a major chord built from Ab, C, Eb. 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.
Ab
Ab · C · Eb
Semitones above the root: 0 – 4 – 7
A major third at the bottom is what makes this bright and settled.
Inversions of Ab
Root position
Ab · C · Eb · bass Ab
Inversion 1
C · Eb · Ab · bass C
Inversion 2
Eb · Ab · C · bass Eb
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 Ab
- DbV
- AbI
- EbIV
In Db it does this job: I – V – vi – IV
- Db
- Ab
- Bbm
- Gb