Gm7
How to play the G Minor 7th. Chord on your piano or keyboard
From the chord symbol Gm7 we get the following information:
- The Gm7 chord has the note G as root note
- The Gm7 chord is a 4-note chord (a tetrad)
- The Gm7 chord is a minor chord
Because Gm7 is a 4-note chord it also has 4 inversions:
- Root inversion
- 1st. inversion
- 2nd. inversion
- 3rd. inversion
Gm7 chord – Root inversion (basic inversion) looks like this: G – Bb – D – F
Gm7 chord – 1st. inversion: Bb – D – F – G
Gm7 chord – 2nd. inversion: D – F – G – Bb
Gm7 chord – 3rd. inversion: F – G – Bb – D
Gm7 chord – fingering:
Root inversion:
| Finger | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Note | G | Bb | D | F |
1st. inversion:
| Finger | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Note | Bb | D | F | G |
2nd. inversion:
| Finger | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Note | D | F | G | Bb |
3rd. inversion:
| Finger | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Note | F | G | Bb | D |
Gm7 chord – Closely related scales and harmonic functions:
The Gm7 chord is the 1st. step in the G minor scale
| Step | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Chord | Gm7 | Am7(b5) | Bbmaj7 | Cm7 | Dm7 | Ebmaj7 | F7 |
The Gm7 chord is the 4th. step in the D minor scale
| Step | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Chord | Dm7 | Em7(b5) | Fmaj7 | Gm7 | Am7 | Bbmaj7 | C7 |
The Gm7 chord is the 5th. step in the C minor scale
| Step | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Chord | Cm7 | Dm7(b5) | Ebmaj7 | Fm7 | Gm7 | Abmaj7 | Bb7 |
The Gm7 chord is the 6th. step in the Bb major scale
| Step | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Chord | Bbmaj7 | Cm7 | Dm7 | Ebmaj7 | F7 | Gm7 | Am7(b5) |