Dominant familyV7 in B major
G♭ dominant seventh chord
G♭7G♭ dominant seventh
Piano root position
- Root
- 3
- 5
- ♭7
Guitar standard tuning
Barre · fret 2
Lay your index flat across all six strings at fret 2.
Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little
Notation treble clef
Intervals
12 semitones- G♭1
- ♭2
- 2
- ♭3
- B♭3
- 4
- ♭5
- D♭5
- ♯5
- 6
- F♭♭7
- 7
- G♭ Root
- B♭ Major 3rd
- D♭ Perfect 5th
- F♭ Minor 7th
About this chord
What is a G♭ dominant seventh chord?
G♭7 is built from 4 notes: G♭ (the root), B♭ (the 3), D♭ (the 5), F♭ (the ♭7). Bluesy and restless: the tritone inside it wants to resolve.
- Notes
- G♭ · B♭ · D♭ · F♭
- Formula
- 1 · 3 · 5 · ♭7
- Also written
- G♭dom7
- Found in
- V7 in B major · VII7 in G♯ minor · V7 in B harmonic minor
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