Arpeggio · A♭m△7 · Guitar
The A♭m△7 arpeggio is A♭ – B – E♭ – G — chord tones 1 ♭3 5 7. A♭m△7 is a minor tonic with a raised seventh — the melodic-minor tonic; its sound is noir, cinematic. Below, every A♭, B, E♭, G on the fretboard is marked, with the root in gold. Press play to hear a one-octave arpeggio, or tap any note.
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Play loops the arpeggio up and down one octave (switch Loop off for a single pass) in the position starting at fret 4. Tap any marked note to hear it. “Show” switches or combines the fretboard and keyboard; “Sound” picks the instrument you hear. Audio is synthesized in the browser.
Reference
| Chord tone | Note | Interval from A♭ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A♭ | unison (0 semitones) |
| ♭3 | B | minor 3rd (3 semitones) |
| 5 | E♭ | perfect 5th (7 semitones) |
| 7 | G | major 7th (11 semitones) |
Goes with: A♭ Melodic minor (A♭ B♭ C♭ D♭ E♭ F G). Voicings: A♭m△7 voicings on guitar.
Common questions
A♭ – B – E♭ – G. As chord tones: 1 ♭3 5 7. Played one after another instead of together, that is the arpeggio.
A♭m△7 is a minor tonic with a raised seventh — the melodic-minor tonic. Its character is noir, cinematic.
A♭ Melodic minor (A♭ B♭ C♭ D♭ E♭ F G) — the arpeggio is the skeleton of that scale, so practise them together.
Start on the root A♭ on the low E string at fret 4 and play E-string fret 4, E-string fret 7, A-string fret 6, D-string fret 5, D-string fret 6. Then play it descending, then in eighth notes with a metronome, then over the a minor tonic with a raised seventh — the melodic-minor tonic.
Keep going
Same arpeggio on piano · Minor-major 7th hub · chord-scale theory.
Other arpeggios from A♭