A♭ major guitar shapes

Popular fretboard positions with fingering suggestions

Showing 8 of 35 playable shapes

About the chord

A♭ major guitar chord

The A♭ major major chord, built from the root (A♭ major), major third C, and perfect fifth E♭, delivers a bright, harmonious sound that feels resolved and complete. Its balanced structure makes it the foundation of Western harmony, widely used across all genres to convey joy, strength, and stability.

Root note: A♭
Quality: major
Chord tones: 3
Playable shapes: 35

Chord tones

A♭CE♭

Notes & Intervals

Each note below shows how the chord is built from its root. This is the theory layer underneath the fretboard shapes.

A♭ Unison (Root) 1

The root anchors the chord and defines its tonal center.

C Major Third 3

This note defines the chord's major quality and brings brightness to the sound.

E♭ Perfect Fifth 5

The fifth reinforces stability and gives the chord its strong harmonic frame.

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