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How to play the Gbm7 piano chord

(Basic Gbm7 piano chord and Inversions of the Gbm7 piano chord)

  • Chord symbol: Gbm7
  • The Gbm7 chord is a 4-note-chord (a tetrad)
  • A minor-seventh chord consists of 4 notes: Root note, Minor third, Fifth, Minor seventh
  • The 4 notes in the Gbm7 chord are: Gb – Bbb – Db – Fb
  • A minor-seventh chord can basically be played in root position and 3 inversions (Total of 4 positions): Root note at the bottom, Minor 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 Gbm7 piano chord in the 4 positions.

Gbm7 Piano Chord. Root position (Root note at the bottom)
Gbm7 Piano Chord. Root position (Root note at the bottom)

 

Gbm7 Piano Chord. 1st. Inversion (Minor third at the bottom)
Gbm7 Piano Chord. 1st. Inversion (Minor third at the bottom)

 

Gbm7 Piano Chord. 2nd. Inversion (Fifth at the bottom)
Gbm7 Piano Chord. 2nd. Inversion (Fifth at the bottom)

 

Gbm7 Piano Chord. 3rd. Inversion (Minor seventh at the bottom)
Gbm7 Piano Chord. 3rd. Inversion (Minor seventh at the bottom)

 

More on the Gbm7 chord

  • The Gbm7 chord is step 1 in the Gb minor (aeolian) scale.
  • The Gbm7 chord is step 6 in the Bbb major (ionian) scale

The Gb minor (aeolian) scale consists of the notes: Gb – Ab – Bbb – Cb – Db – Ebb – Fb – Gb
The Bbb major (ionian) scale consists of the notes: Bbb – Cb – Db – Ebb – Fb – Gb – Ab – (Bbb)

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