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