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

Abm is a minor chord built from Ab, Cb, 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.

Abm

Ab · Cb · Eb

Piano keyboardC4C5

Semitones above the root: 0 – 3 – 7

The third is minor — one semitone lower than in a major chord — which is where the darker colour comes from.

Inversions of Abm

  • Root position

    Ab · Cb · Eb · bass Ab

  • Inversion 1

    Cb · Eb · Ab · bass Cb

  • Inversion 2

    Eb · Ab · Cb · 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 Abm

  • Eiii
  • Bvi
  • F#ii

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

  1. B
  2. F#
  3. Abm
  4. E

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