Major family
G♭ added ninth chord
G♭add9G♭ added ninth
Piano root position
- Root
- 3
- 5
- 9
Guitar standard tuning
Barre · fret 2
Lay your index flat across strings 6 to 2 at fret 2.
Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little
Notation treble clef
Intervals
12 semitones- G♭1
- ♭2
- A♭9
- ♭3
- B♭3
- 4
- ♭5
- D♭5
- ♯5
- 6
- ♭7
- 7
- G♭ Root
- B♭ Major 3rd
- D♭ Perfect 5th
- A♭ Major 9th
About this chord
What is a G♭ added ninth chord?
G♭add9 is built from 4 notes: G♭ (the root), B♭ (the 3), D♭ (the 5), A♭ (the 9). A major triad with a shimmering ninth, without the seventh.
- Notes
- G♭ · B♭ · D♭ · A♭
- Formula
- 1 · 3 · 5 · 9
- Also written
- G♭add2
- Found in
- Outside the major and minor keys
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