A♭ Major Cheat Sheet

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The A♭ Major Scale

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Key Signature

Key signature of Ab Major showing 4 flats (B♭, E♭, A♭, and D♭)

Relative Keys

The relative keys of A♭ Major are:

About The Key Of A♭ Major

The key of A♭ Major has a key signature of 4 flats (B♭, E♭, A♭, and D♭). The A♭ Major scale has the notes C, D♭, E♭, F, G, A♭, and B♭. It is the least popular key among Major keys and the 19th most popular among all keys. Major keys, along with minor keys, are a common choice for popular songs. The three most important chords, built off the 1st, 4th and 5th scale degrees are all major chords (A♭ Major, D♭ Major, and E♭ Major). For chord progressions, statistics, and tendencies, view this key in Hooktheory Trends

The 20 Most Popular Chords In A♭ Major

According to the TheoryTab database, songs in A♭ Major draw almost entirely from the following 20 chords. Click on a chord below to show it on the piano and hear how it sounds.

Songs In The Key Of A♭ Major

Click on the following songs in A♭ Major to see their chords and melody in the TheoryTab database.

Heartbeat
by Klaas
Easy
by Commodores
Dimelo
by Enrique Iglesias
Finlandia
by Jean Sibelius
Tonight You Belong to Me
by Patience and Prudence
Phineas And Ferb Theme Song
by Bowling for Soup
Clarity
by Zedd
Bound
by Ponderosa Twins Plus One
Rhythm Of Love
by Plain White T's
All I Want Is You
by U2
Magical Girls
by The Aprils
Fashion Monster
by Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
Kirby's Epic Yarn - Patch Castle
by Nintendo
Kirby's Epic Yarn - Ice Cream Island
by Nintendo
Dominique
by Soeur Sourire
Moving Us To Mars
by Coldplay
Prelude
by 4Frame
Come Back to Me
by Les Friction
Heart Attack
by Demi Lovato
I'm Looking Through You
by The Beatles
All of Me
by John Legend
Fine Don't Follow A Tiny Boat
by Tamas Wells
Take A Bow
by Madonna
Every Breath You Take
by The Police
The Angry Video Game Nerd Theme Song
by Kyle Justin
Surf's Up
by Beach Boys
Piano Sonata No 8 'Pathetique' - 2nd Movement
by Ludwig van Beethoven
You Are So Beautiful To Me
by Joe Cocker
Over The Rainbow
by Arlen and Harburg
Piano Sonata No 8 ''Pathetique'' - 3rd Movement
by Ludwig Van Beethoven
Boogie On Reggae Woman
by Stevie Wonder
Let It Go
by Idina Menzel
Wild Ones
by Flo Rida
McLarty Party People
by Danny Baranowsky
Pair of Dice
by Tiesto and Allure
Opelucid City - White Version
by Game Freak
All You Wanted
by Michelle Branch
Buddy Holly
by Weezer
Bo-Kon-Ho-Ko
by Nobuo Uematsu
Somebody To Love
by Queen
Our Story
by Mako
Laughing With
by Regina Spektor
Ignition - Remix
by R Kelly
Heavy Duty Judy
by Frank Zappa
Best Part Of Waking Up Commercial
by Folgers
The Night
by Frankie Valli
Hardway
by DC Talk
Latch
by Disclosure
Roller Coaster
by Luke Bryan
Back to the Future Theme
by Alan Silvestri
Paparazzi
by Lady Gaga
If We Ever Meet Again
by Timbaland ft Katy Perry
We Intertwined
by The Hush Sound
Thirteenth Friday
by Plastic Tree
Firework
by Katy Perry
Sophisticated Lady
by Duke Ellington
Dreaming Of You
by Selena
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
by Jerome Kern
Hopscotch
by All Levels at Once
Bridge of Khazad-dum
by Howard Shore
I Want You Back
by Jackson 5
Boombox
by The Lonely Island
Buzzcut Season
by Lorde
Oh Love
by Green Day
It's a Sunshine Day
by Steve McCarthy
Goodbye Stranger
by Supertramp
Stay the Night
by Zedd
Total Eclipse of the Heart
by Bonnie Tyler
Yakety Sax
by James Rich and Boots Randolph

Popular Chord Progressions In The Key Of A♭ Major

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