Banjo A♭7 chord (Double C)A♭ seventh on the 5-string banjo: 0 1 3 4, and 6 more shapes

Ab7 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Double C tuning: 0 1 3 4, open position, with the short 5th string marked
Ab7 (Ab seventh) on the 5-string banjo, Double C: 0 1 3 4, string 4 to string 1. Fingers are numbered on the dots; copper marks the root; the green ring on the left is the 5th string, solid when it’s in the chord.

Frets, string 4 to string 1: 0 1 3 4 (open position)

  1. String 4 (C): open, C
  2. String 3 (G): 1st fret, index finger, A♭
  3. String 2 (C): 3rd fret, ring finger, E♭
  4. String 1 (D): 4th fret, little finger, G♭
  5. String 5, the short g: open, G, not in the chord

Sounds: C A♭ E♭ G♭  ·  A♭7 is A♭, C, E♭, G♭ (1 · 3 · 5 · ♭7)

The 5th string: the short g rubs against the A♭ and G♭ in this shape, a semitone away: some players let it ring, some skip it.

Double C tuning: gCGCD, the short 5th string first, then strings 4 to 1.

Hear it in the app ›

The link can’t set the tuning: the app starts in open G. Choose Double C once in its Settings and it remembers.

More A♭7 shapes

  1. 314gE♭A♭CG♭3 1 0 4
    open
  2. 14gCA♭CG♭0 1 0 4
    open · no 5th
  3. 3fr1234gE♭CG♭A♭3 5 6 6
    3fr
  4. 6fr132gG♭E♭CA♭6 8 0 6
    6fr
  5. 8fr143gA♭G♭CC8 11 0 10
    8fr · no 5th
  6. 11fr2134gCG♭CE♭12 11 12 13
    11fr · no root

Other A♭ chords in Double C

A♭A♭mA♭7

Other seventh chords

G7A7D7C7B7E7F7B♭7E♭7F♯7C♯7A♭7

A♭7 in other tunings

Open GSawmillOpen DC Tuning

All Double C banjo chords · Printable chart (PDF) · How to tune · The app