A♭ 6th
A♭6
Notes
A♭ · C · E♭ · F
Intervals
- RootA♭ (1P)
- Major 3rdC (3M)
- Perfect 5thE♭ (5P)
- Major 6thF (6M)
Fretboard
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Voicings & shapes
Drop-2 voicings (12)
About
The A♭6 chord (A♭–C–E♭–F) adds the major sixth to a major triad. The sixth is a stable, consonant addition — it does not introduce dissonance the way a 7th does — which gives 6 chords a warm, slightly vintage sound common in jazz, swing, and older pop. They can substitute for A♭ or A♭Maj7 as tonic harmony when a less tense color is wanted. The F is the defining extension; the 5th can be omitted. On guitar, 6-chord voicings tend to be compact and practical for comping. Compared to A♭Maj7, the 6 feels more grounded and less harmonically ambiguous — the 6th sits further from the root than the 7th does, so it creates no half-step tension.
Chord diagrams
Ab 6th voicing charts — tap a sheet to open it full size to save or print.
Similar chords
Chords sharing two or more notes with this one, ranked by overlap.
Scales containing this chord
- A♭ Lydian (I)
- A♭ Major (I)
- A♭ Major Pentatonic (deg 1)
- A♭ Mixolydian (I)
- A Diminished (deg 8)
- B♭ Dorian (VII)
- B♭ Mixolydian (VII)
- B♭ Natural Minor (VII)
- C Diminished (deg 6)
- C Harmonic Minor (VI)
- C Locrian (VI)
- C Natural Minor (VI)
- C Phrygian (VI)
- D Locrian (V)
- D♭ Lydian (V)
- D♭ Major (V)
- E♭ Diminished (deg 4)
- E♭ Dorian (IV)
- E♭ Major (IV)
- E♭ Melodic Minor (IV)
- E♭ Mixolydian (IV)
- F Blues (deg 2)
- F Dorian (III)
- F Minor Pentatonic (deg 2)
- F Natural Minor (III)
- F Phrygian (III)
- F♯ Diminished (deg 2)
- F♯ Lydian (II)
- G Locrian (II)
- G Phrygian (II)
Scales whose notes include every chord tone. The Roman numeral (or scale degree) marks the chord root’s position in the scale.