HOW TO PLAY
Gb Minor
From your perspective:
STEP BY STEP
How to play a Gb Minor chord on the guitar
- Make a barre with your first finger on the second fret.
- Put your second finger on the fourth fret of the fifth string.
- Put your third finger on the fourth fret of the fourth string.
- Play all six strings.
THEORY
Gb Minor is a minor triad, three notes stacked on top of one another. The root, a minor third, and a perfect fifth:
In addition to being the root of Gb Minor, it is also the vi chord of Bbb Major.
Here are those notes on a piano keyboard:
Here is how those notes are actually distributed across your fretboard in this version of Gb Minor:
HOW IT’S USED
You’ll frequently encounter Gbm as the vi chord of Bbb Major. Here is that classic I-V-vi-IV:
Fb
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Gbm
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In the key of Gb Minor itself, with a little respelling, those chords become the III, VII, i, and VI. You might see them arranged like so:
Gbm
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Fb
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Let’s get rid of those major chords, though. Moving from the diminished ii°, to the v, and back to the i:
Abdim7
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Dbm
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Gbm
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You can also play the dimished chord as ‘half-diminished’ seventh—a little gentler:
Abm7b5
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Dbm
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Gbm
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You might also see a i-iv-VII:
Gbm
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Cbm
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Fb
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SEE ALSO
Chords that frequently accompany Gbm in the key of Bbb Major:
More important chords in the key of Gb Minor: