Ab13(#5) Guitar Chord | How to Play The Ab Dominant Thirteen Sharp Fifth Chord

Ab 13(#5) guitar chord shapes

The intervals in this chord are Root, Major Third, Augmented Fifth, Minor Seventh, Major Ninth, Major Eleventh, and Major Thirteen

You may find this chord denoted as:

  • Ab Dominant Thirteen Sharp Fifth
  • Ab 13+5
  • Ab 13aug5
  • Ab 13#5
  • Ab13(#5)

The notes in the Ab13(#5) chord are Ab, C, E, Gb, Bb, Db, and F

Notes that compose the Ab 13(#5) chord:

AbCEGbBbDbF

Chord formula for the Dominant Thirteen Sharp Fifth chord:

1
b2
2
b3
3
4
b5
5
#5
6
b7
7
8
b9
9
#9
11
#11
13

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Ab13(#5) Guitar Chord Voicings

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Use Fretboard Maps To Build Chords Along All The Fretboard

How to construct the Ab 13(#5) chord on guitar

This fretboard map shows you the tones in the chord all along the neck. You can play this chord by choosing some of the chord tones.

#5
#5
13
3
1
9
13
b7
11
#5
b7
9
13
3
1
b7
11
1
#5
3
9
13
11
1
9
b7
#5
3
9
13
3
11
1
#5
b7
11
13
3
9
b7
11
1
#5
#5

These maps show you the tones in a chord all along the fretboard. They are incredibly helpful because allow you to:

  • Create new voicings on the fly, across all the neck
  • Improvise targeting the right notes
  • Unlock the fretboard and expand the CAGED system.

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