Abaddb13 Major

The Abaddb13 chord is built from the notes Ab – C – Eb – Fb.

Piano sound loads on first tap.

Chord tones, one by one

AbRoot

Root

The fundamental note the chord is built on — Ab.

CThird

Major third

Four semitones — makes the chord major (brighter, happier).

EbFifth

Perfect fifth

Seven semitones — the most stable interval, reinforces the root.

FbExtension

Flat thirteenth (♭13)

A ♭13 — dark altered tension over a dominant chord.

🎼 Related scales

🎹 Modal analysis

This chord implies the Harmonic major scale; its characteristic note is the dark ♭6.

🎸 Genres

Jazz · Gospel · Classical

addb13 in every key

More Ab chords

More Ab chords from Harmonic major