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How to play the Gb7 piano chord

(Basic Gb7 piano chord and Inversions of the Gb7 piano chord)

  • Chord symbol: Gb7
  • The Gb7 chord is a 4-note-chord (a tetrad)
  • A seventh chord consists of 4 notes: Root note, Major third, Fifth, Minor seventh
  • The 4 notes in the Gb7 chord are: Gb – Bb – Db – Fb
  • A seventh chord can basically be played in root position and 3 inversions (Total of 4 positions): Root note at the bottom, Major third at the bottom, The fifth at the bottom, Minor 7th. at the bottom.

 

In these piano chord charts you can see how to play the Gb7 piano chord in the 4 positions.

Gb7 Piano Chord. Root position (Root note at the bottom)
Gb7 Piano Chord. Root position (Root note at the bottom)

 

Gb7 Piano Chord. 1st. Inversion (Major third at the bottom)
Gb7 Piano Chord. 1st. Inversion (Major third at the bottom)

 

Gb7 Piano Chord. 2nd. Inversion (Fifth at the bottom)
Gb7 Piano Chord. 2nd. Inversion (Fifth at the bottom)

 

Gb7 Piano Chord. 3rd. Inversion (Minor seventh at the bottom)
Gb7 Piano Chord. 3rd. Inversion (Minor seventh at the bottom)

More on the Gb7 chord

  • The Gb7 chord is step 1 in the Gb mixolydian scale.
  • The Gb7 chord is step 5 (dominant) in the Cb major (ionian) scale

The Gb mixolydian scale consists of the notes: Gb – Ab – Bb – Cb- Db – Eb – Fb – (Gb)
The Cb major (ionian) scale consists of the notes: Cb – Db – Eb – Fb – Gb – Ab – Bb – (Cb)

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