G♭m(maj7)

G♭1B♭♭♭3D♭5F7

Minor triad, major seventh — the tonic chord of harmonic minor.

Written the other way round it is F♯m(maj7) — the same twelve keys on a piano, a different piece of notation.

on ukulele on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

20322x

moderate

Fig. 3

243222

moderate · barre

Fig. 4

2032xx

open · no 5

Fig. 5

24322x

moderate · barre

Fig. 6

243225

hard · barre

What is true of it

G♭m(maj7) is G♭, B♭♭, D♭ and F — 1, b3, 5 and 7 counted from G♭.

B♭♭ is a double flat, and it has to be: every letter from G♭ upwards is used once, so the b3 cannot be written any other way.

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

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is 20322x: 4 fingers, held at the 2nd fret.

1 of them use open strings, which is what makes a shape quiet to change to.

3 of the 5 need a barre.

1 string stays silent.

Where its notes are on the neck

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

first inversion

G♭m(maj7)/B♭♭

x03222

second inversion

G♭m(maj7)/D♭

99baa9

third inversion

G♭m(maj7)/F

10422x

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♭7dominant seventh G♭maj7major seventh G♭m7minor seventh G♭major G♭mminor G♭dimdiminished

Cm(maj7)C♯m(maj7)D♭m(maj7)Dm(maj7)D♯m(maj7)E♭m(maj7)Em(maj7)Fm(maj7)all 374