AbmMaj11 guitar chord
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About AbmMaj11 — 2nd inversion
AbmMaj11 is Ab, Cb, Eb, G, Bb and Db. It keeps every note of and adds the .
Keep the minor 3rd, major 7th, and 11th audible. On guitar, root and 5th can be left out to make room for those notes.
Also written AbmM11 or Abm(maj11).
What 2nd inversion means
AbmMaj11 in 2nd inversion puts Eb in the bass instead of Ab, the 5th of the chord. The notes are the same; what changes is what the bass line does, which is most of why you would reach for it — it lets the lowest voice move by step where the root would have jumped.
One of AbmMaj11’s 5 shapes does this:x66687
How to use AbmMaj11
How you get to it. The turn that lands on AbmMaj11 is to : the ii and the V of Ab minor, which is where a minor tonic is usually arrived at rather than simply begun on.
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What to play over AbmMaj11
Useful scales
- +Fb
Contains AbmMaj11 and adds flat thirteenth.
- +F
Contains AbmMaj11 and adds thirteenth.
Chords near AbmMaj11
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The common shapes and the derived voicings come from different places, and both are explained in how this site is built.