How to Play Abmaj7 on Piano

The Ab Major 7th chord sounds warm and floating. It stacks 4 notes: Ab – C – Eb – G.

A major triad with the seventh left unflattened, a semitone below the octave. That near-miss against the root is the source of its softness.

Notes in Abmaj7

NoteIntervalFinger
AbAb4Root1
CC5Major 3rd2
EbEb5Perfect 5th3
GG5Major 7th5

How to Play

Right Hand

Place your thumb (finger 1) on Ab. Use finger 2 on C, finger 3 on Eb, and finger 5 on G.

Where it sits

2 notes of this chord (Ab, Eb) are on black keys, so play it a little further back on the keys than an all-white shape.

Press all 4 keys at the same time. Keep your wrist relaxed and your fingers curved. The blue dots on the piano below show exactly which keys to press — they turn green when you play the right note.

Other Major 7th Chords

Cmaj7
C – E – G – B
Dbmaj7
Db – F – Ab – C
Dmaj7
D – F# – A – C#
Ebmaj7
Eb – G – Bb – D
Emaj7
E – G# – B – D#
Fmaj7
F – A – C – E
F#maj7
F# – A# – C# – E#
Gmaj7
G – B – D – F#
Amaj7
A – C# – E – G#
Bbmaj7
Bb – D – F – A
Bmaj7
B – D# – F# – A#

Other Ab Chords

Ab6
Ab – C – Eb – F
Ab7
Ab – C – Eb – Gb
Ab9
Ab – C – Eb – Gb – Bb
Ab
Ab – C – Eb
Abaug
Ab – C – E
Absus2
Ab – Bb – Eb
Absus4
Ab – Db – Eb
Abadd9
Ab – C – Eb – Bb