Gbm7 chord for guitar with diagrams, fingerings and notes.
Gbm7 is equivalent to F sharp minor 7th. There are few simple and natural fingerings in open positions for this chord in standard tuning. Because of that, the chord is mostly played as a barre chord or in closed positions.
It consists of four notes, though depending on the instrument, some notes may be doubled or tripled. The notes represent the root, minor third, perfect fifth and minor seventh intervals. Notice that the fifth is sometimes omitted.
Gbm7 is an abbreviation for G flat minor seventh. A less common abbreviation is Gbmin7. A third system is the minus symbol: Gb-7.
The notes that the Gbm7 chord consists of are Gb, A, Db and E.
Gbm7 - Cb7 - Fbmaj7
1st inversion: Gbm7/A (means that A is the bass note).
2nd inversion: Gbm7/Db (means that Db is the bass note).
3rd inversion: Gbm7/Fb (means that Fb is the bass note).
Gbm7(no3) is a G flat minor 7th with no third (A).
Gbm7(no5) is a G flat minor 7th with no fifth (Db).
Dm7 shape with a capo on 1st fret.
Bm7 shape with a capo on 4th fret.
Am7 shape with a capo on 6th fret.
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