A♭ Natural Minor Scale
The A♭ natural minor scale is the relative minor sound built on A♭ — darker, more reflective than major, the foundation of countless rock, pop, and folk songs.
Notes in A♭ Natural Minor
The A♭ Natural Minor scale contains A♭ — B♭ — B — D♭ — E♭ — E — G♭. The interval pattern is the universal natural minor pattern, transposed to start on A♭.
How to use it
Open the interactive scale explorer above to see A♭ Natural Minor on a piano keyboard, on a guitar fretboard, and to hear it played ascending or descending. The diatonic chord chips show the chords built from this scale.
Common uses
The A♭ natural minor scale is the relative minor sound built on A♭ — darker, more reflective than major, the foundation of countless rock, pop, and folk songs.
FAQs
What chords go with the A♭ Natural Minor scale?
Open the scale explorer to see the seven diatonic chords built from this scale. Each chord chip plays back so you can hear the harmony.
How is A♭ Natural Minor different from other scales on A♭?
The intervals between notes are different. A♭ Natural Minor uses the natural minor interval pattern; switch to a different scale type in the explorer to hear how the same root sounds with major, minor, pentatonic, blues, and other patterns.
What's the relative key of A♭ Natural Minor?
For major and minor scales, the relative is found three semitones away. A♭ major and F minor share the same notes; A♭ minor and B major share the same notes.