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Play freely over a chord progression — no input evaluation, no scoring, just visually guided exploration with a few suggestions.
Chord progressions in A♭ minor, on mandolin
Explore the Minor Scale
Explore aeolian tones over a looping chord progression in the minor key — one root holds across the whole loop, and every chord is a place within it.
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Explore the Minor Scale
Explore aeolian tones over a looping chord progression in the minor key — one root holds across the whole loop, and every chord is a place within it.
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On the mandolin: four courses in fifths, G D A E, the first twelve frets.
The chords of A♭ minor
A♭ minor — also spelled G♯ minor — is A♭ B♭ C♭ D♭ E♭ F♭ G♭. The chord on each degree: A♭m (i), B♭° (ii°), C♭ (III), D♭m (iv), E♭m (v), F♭ (VI), G♭ (VII). The loop draws from the 6 you can rest on — A♭m, C♭, D♭m, E♭m, F♭, G♭ — one or two chords with A♭m in front, or four from the progressions below. Every chord is also on the nest explorer, with its shapes.
Progressions in A♭ minor the loop plays — the app’s own table for the minor mode, spelled in this key:
- A♭m – G♭ (i–VII)
- A♭m – D♭m – E♭m – A♭m (i–iv–v–i)
- A♭m – F♭ – C♭ – G♭ (i–VI–III–VII)
- A♭m – G♭ – F♭ – G♭ (i–VII–VI–VII)
- A♭m – D♭m – G♭ – C♭ (i–iv–VII–III)
- A♭m – G♭ – D♭m – E♭m (i–VII–iv–v)
- A♭m – D♭m – E♭m (i–iv–v)
- A♭m – G♭ – D♭m (i–VII–iv)
- F♭ – G♭ – A♭m (VI–VII–i)