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Fig. 1 · Gbm6 · moderate

guitar chord

G♭m6

G♭1B♭♭♭3D♭5E♭6

A minor triad with a major sixth added, which is why it is not simply a minor chord with a flat seventh.

Written the other way round it is F♯m6 — the same twelve keys on a piano, a different piece of notation.

on ukuleleon pianothe scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

20122x

moderate

Fig. 3

2012xx

open · no 5

Fig. 4

20424x

hard · no 5

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Fig. 5

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hard · barre

Fig. 6

20124x

hard · no 5

What is true of it

G♭m6 is G♭, B♭♭, D♭ and E♭ — 1, b3, 5 and 6 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.

These are also the notes of E♭m7♭5/G♭ and D♯m7♭5/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 20122x: 4 fingers, held at the 1st fret.

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

1 of the 5 need a barre.

1 string stays 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

first inversion

G♭m6/B♭♭

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second inversion

G♭m6/D♭

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third inversion

G♭m6/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♭6major sixthG♭majorG♭mminorG♭dimdiminished

Cm6C♯m6D♭m6Dm6D♯m6E♭m6Em6Fm6all 374