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Fig. 1 · Gbm6 on the keyboard

piano 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 guitaron ukulelethe scale

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.

G♭ in other shapes

G♭6major sixthG♭majorG♭mminorG♭dimdiminished

Cm6C♯m6D♭m6Dm6D♯m6E♭m6Em6Fm6all 374