Scale
A♭ minor scale
The A♭ minor scale has 7 notes: A♭, B♭, C♭, D♭, E♭, F♭ and G♭. It has 7 flats: A♭, B♭, C♭, D♭, E♭, F♭ and G♭.
- Notes
- A♭ · B♭ · C♭ · D♭ · E♭ · F♭ · G♭
- Step pattern
- W – H – W – W – H – W – W
W = whole step (two keys), H = half step (the very next key).
Play it yourself
Play the scale going up: start on A♭ and tap each note in order.
- A♭
- B♭
- C♭
- D♭
- E♭
- F♭
- G♭
The natural minor scale sounds darker than major. It uses the same notes as its relative major, starting from the 6th note, so every minor key shares its key signature with a major key.
Chords in A♭ minor
Build a chord on each note of the scale using only notes from the scale, and you get these seven. The Roman numeral shows the step it is built on: upper case for major, lower case for minor.
- i · A♭m
- ii° · B♭dim
- III · C♭
- iv · D♭m
- v · E♭m
- VI · F♭
- VII · G♭