A♭ Major Scale on Guitar
The A♭ Major Scale is a 7-note scale (bright, happy, pop) built from the formula 1 2 3 4 5 6 7. Its notes are A♭ B♭ C D♭ E♭ F G. Below you'll find the scale on the whole fretboard, the chords that belong to it and related scales — open it in the interactive fretboard for 3NPS, CAGED and pentatonic box patterns with playback.
Notes and intervals
| Degree | Note | Interval |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A♭ | root |
| 2 | B♭ | Major 2nd |
| 3 | C | Major 3rd |
| 4 | D♭ | Perfect 4th |
| 5 | E♭ | Perfect 5th |
| 6 | F | Major 6th |
| 7 | G | Major 7th |
Steps: W – W – H – W – W – W – H (W = whole step, H = half step)
A♭ Major Scale on the fretboard (15 frets)
Standard tuning E A D G B E. Pink = root, purple = characteristic notes. 3NPS, CAGED and box patterns plus other tunings are in the interactive fretboard.
Chords in the scale
Modes with the same notes
Other scales from A♭
- Ionian (Major)
- Dorian
- Phrygian
- Lydian
- Mixolydian
- Aeolian (Minor)
- Locrian
- Major pentatonic
- Minor pentatonic
- Blues
- Major blues
- Harmonic minor
- Locrian ♮6
- Ionian ♯5
- Dorian ♯4
- Phrygian dominant
- Lydian ♯2
- Superlocrian 𝄫7
- Melodic minor
- Dorian ♭2
- Lydian augmented
- Lydian dominant
- Mixolydian ♭6
- Locrian ♮2
- Altered (Superlocrian)
- Whole tone
- Diminished (half-whole)
- Diminished (whole-half)
Ionian (Major) in other keys
FAQ
- What notes are in the A♭ Major Scale?
- The A♭ Major Scale has 7 notes: A♭, B♭, C, D♭, E♭, F, G. Its formula is 1 2 3 4 5 6 7.
- What intervals make up the A♭ Major Scale?
- Step pattern: W – W – H – W – W – W – H (W = whole step, H = half step). Intervals from the root: 2 (Major 2nd), 3 (Major 3rd), 4 (Perfect 4th), 5 (Perfect 5th), 6 (Major 6th), 7 (Major 7th).
- What chords are in the A♭ Major Scale?
- Triads: A♭, B♭m, Cm, D♭, E♭, Fm, G°. Seventh chords: A♭maj7, B♭m7, Cm7, D♭maj7, E♭7, Fm7, Gm7♭5.
- What is the relative minor of A♭ major?
- F minor — it uses the same notes as A♭ major, starting from the 6th degree.