Gb chord

Gb major chord for guitar with diagrams, fingerings and notes.

Description

Gb is the same as G flat major and equivalent to F sharp. It consists of three notes, though depending on the instrument, some notes may be doubled or tripled. Since all the chord notes are absent among the open strings in standard tuning, there are no simple fingerings in open positions. Because of that, the chord is mostly played as a barre chord or in closed positions.

Theory of Gb chord

The notes that the Gb chord consists of are Gb, Bb, Db. These represent the root, major third and perfect fifth intervals.

Chord progressions

D - Gb - G - A

Chords that sound good together with Gb

The primary chords to combine in a chord progression with \1 are: Abm, Bb, C, Db and Ebm.

Follow-up chords

Chords that are likely to follow Gb major in progressions:
› B
› Db7
› Ebm

Inversions

1st inversion: Gb/Bb (means that Bb is the bass note).
2nd inversion: Gb/Db (means that Db is the bass note).

Omissions

Gb(no3) is a Gb major with no third (Bb).
Gb(no5) is a Gb major with no fifth (Db).

Alternatives with capo

E shape with a capo on 2nd fret.
D shape with a capo on 4th fret.
C shape with a capo on 6th fret.

Back to major chords