Heirloom

Upper-structure triads on Ab7

Nathaniel School of Music, 2026

Key
Ab
Form
5 bars
Level
7

Left hand plays the 3rd and 7th (the tritone); the right hand plays a major triad that supplies the tensions. Each bar names the triad and the tensions it adds.

Chords: Ab13(#11) Ab7(#9) Ab7(b9#11) Ab13(b9) Ab7(#5#9)

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