A♭5
Power chord · A♭ – E♭
- A♭R
- E♭5
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Guitar voicings
Piano
- Root
- Third / sus
- Fifth
- Sixth / seventh
- Extension
About the A♭5 chord
The A♭5 chord (power chord) is made up of 2 notes — A♭ is the root and E♭ the perfect fifth. There is no third at all, just the root and fifth, which is why it sounds neither major nor minor.
On guitar, A♭5 chords sit higher up the neck: 466xxx, around the 4th fret. Leave the G, B and high E strings out and strum the rest. The diagrams above show 4 playable voicings in all.
Power chords are just root and fifth — no third — giving the punchy, neutral sound of rock and metal.
Common questions
- What notes are in the A♭5 chord?
- The A♭5 chord contains the notes A♭ and E♭.
- How do you play A♭5 on guitar?
- A common shape is 466xxx. The diagrams above show 4 playable voicings you can strum or hear.
- What intervals make up the A♭5 chord?
- The A♭5 chord is built from the root (A♭) and a perfect fifth (E♭).
- Is A♭5 the same as G♯5?
- Yes — A♭ and G♯ are two names for the same pitch (enharmonic equivalents), so A♭5 and G♯5 are the same chord. MobileChords spells it A♭5.
More than a chord chart
The chart above is just the start. Open A♭5 in the finder to hear it on guitar and piano and browse every playable voicing side by side. Or switch to Name my chord — tap frets or keys and MobileChords identifies the chord you're playing, inversions and slash chords included.