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Fig. 1 · Gb6 · hard

guitar chord

G♭6

G♭1B♭3D♭5E♭6

A major triad with a sixth added. The same four notes as a minor seventh chord a third below.

Written the other way round it is F♯6 — the same twelve keys on a piano, a different piece of notation.

on ukuleleon pianothe scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

2413xx

hard

Fig. 3

2113xx

hard · no 5

2
Fig. 4

xx4342

hard · no 5

4
Fig. 5

xx4646

moderate · barre

3
Fig. 6

xx4346

hard · no 5

What is true of it

G♭6 is G♭, B♭, D♭ and E♭ — 1, 3, 5 and 6 counted from G♭.

These are also the notes of E♭m7/G♭ and D♯m7/G♭. Which name is right depends on what is underneath and what came before — the notes alone do not decide.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 4, the 5 goes first, in that order.

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is 2413xx: 4 fingers, held at the 1st fret.

None of them uses an open string, so this chord moves up the neck unchanged — the same shape 1 fret higher is the chord a semitone above.

1 of the 5 need a barre.

2 strings stay silent.

Where its notes are on the neck

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Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

The brass dots are G♭, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.

With a different note underneath

6
first inversion

G♭6/B♭

668676

11
second inversion

G♭6/D♭

xxbbbb

11
third inversion

G♭6/E♭

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An inversion is the same chord with a different note lowest. The name changes to a slash name because the bass is what a listener hears as the foundation.

G♭ in other shapes

G♭m6minor sixthG♭majorG♭mminorG♭dimdiminished

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