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A flat add four no five chord

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About the A flat add four no five chord

A flat add four no five is used in A Major, where every note it holds is a scale tone. Think of it as an A an added fourth chord with no fifth.

Its notes are A, C, and D. The intervals are a major third and a perfect fourth.

Also called G sharp add four no five, which spells the same notes enharmonically.

Positions

No stored guitar shape for this voicing yet. Build it from A♭, C, D♭.

Notes and intervals

1A flatRoot
2CMajor 3rd
3D flatPerfect 4th

Shapes

Chromatic

CC♯D♭DD♯E♭EFF♯G♭GG♯A♭AA♯B♭B

Circle of Fifths

CGDAEBF♯G♭C♯D♭G♯A♭D♯E♭A♯B♭F

Other A flat chords

Simpler triads

Suspended

Sixths and sevenths

Extensions

Altered

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A♭(add4)(no5) chord on guitar shown as colored note dots
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