Gbm
How to play the G Flat Minor Chord on your piano or keyboard
From the chord symbol Gbm we get the following information:
- The Gbm chord has the note Gb as root note
- The Gbm chord is a 3-note chord (a triad)
- The Gbm chord is a minor chord
Because Gbm is a 3-note chord it also has 3 inversions:
- Root inversion
- 1st. inversion
- 2nd. inversion
Gbm chord – Root inversion (basic inversion) looks like this: Gb – Bbb – Db
Gbm chord – 1st. inversion (root note at the top of the chord): Bbb – Db – Gb
Gbm chord – 2nd. inversion (root note in the middle of the chord): Db – Gb – Bbb
Gbm chord – fingering:
Root inversion:
| Finger | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Note | Gb | Bbb | Db |
1st. inversion:
| Finger | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Note | Bbb | Db | Gb |
2nd. inversion:
| Finger | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Note | Db | Gb | Bbb |
Gbm chord – Closely related scales and harmonic functions:
The Gbm chord is the 1st. step in the G flat minor scale
| Step | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Chord | Gbm | Abm(b5) | Bbb | Cbm | Dbm | Ebb | Fb |
The Gbm chord is the 4th. step in the D flat minor scale
| Step | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Chord | Dbm | Ebm(b5) | Fb | Gbm | Abm | Bbb | Cb |
The Gbm chord is the 5th. step in the Cb minor scale
| Step | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Chord | Cbm | Dbm(b5) | Ebb | Fbm | Gbm | Abb | Bbb |
The Gbm chord is the 6th. step in the B double flat major scale
| Step | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Chord | Bbb | Cbm | Dbm | Ebb | Fb | Gbm | Abm(b5) |