A♭m ukulele chord
Darker and more melancholy than major. A single semitone — the flattened third — makes the whole difference.
A♭ minor · standard GCEA tuning · 2 shapes
How to Play A♭m on Ukulele
The easiest shape is 4342: G string 4th fret · C string 3rd fret · E string 4th fret · A string 2nd fret.
First position
4 3 4 2
Up the neck, fret 6
8 8 7 6
Strings left to right are G, C, E and A, as the ukulele faces you. Numbers are frets; 0 means play the string open. Every shape is worked out from the notes the chord must contain and checked against them before it is published.
Notes in A♭m
A ukulele has four strings, so a 3-note chord doubles one of its notes on the spare string. Because the G string is tuned high (reentrant tuning), the lowest note you hear is usually on the C or E string, not the G.
Songs and Keys That Use A♭m
A♭m belongs to 3 major keys: E major (as the iii chord), F♯ major (as the ii chord) and B major (as the vi chord).
- I – iii – IV – V — a bright, lifting movement
- ii – V – I — the central cadence in jazz
- I – vi – ii – V — the 1950s doo-wop turnaround
A♭m on Other Instruments
- Guitar: see the A♭m guitar chord — six strings, so the shapes are different, but the notes are the same.
- Baritone ukulele (DGBE): 1104. A baritone is tuned like the top four strings of a guitar, so guitar shapes carry over and standard-ukulele shapes do not. Tune one with the baritone ukulele tuner.
Related Ukulele Chords
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A right shape on an out-of-tune ukulele still sounds wrong. Check G, C, E and A in a few seconds.
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