Gb Major Ninth Guitar Chord Fingering
Welcome to our tutorial on the Gb maj9 chord. This chord, which belongs to the Major Chords family, is a rich and complex sound that can add depth to your guitar playing. The Gb maj9 is composed of the notes Gb, Bb, Db, F, and Ab, and is built using the intervals 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9. For those of you who are new to music theory, these intervals refer to the distances between the notes in the chord.
Understanding these intervals is crucial to mastering the Gb maj9 chord. To help you with this, you may want to check out our tutorial about fretboard intervals and our tutorial on how to denote chords depending on the intervals that compose it.
The complete names of the music intervals in this chord are: Root (1), Major Third (3), Perfect Fifth (5), Major Seventh (7), and Major Ninth (9). If you're interested in learning more about these and other intervals, you can visit our tutorial that teaches how to build chords by stacking intervals.
This tutorial will guide you through how to play the Gb maj9 chord with chord diagrams and fretboard patterns showing the tones composing the chord. It's perfect for intermediate players who are looking to expand their chord vocabulary. If you're looking for more advanced chords to learn, you might also be interested in our tutorial about more advanced chords and our tutorial about ninth (9) guitar chords.
Once you've mastered the Gb maj9 chord, you can start incorporating it into your playing. For inspiration, check out our tutorial about the most common chord progressions, which teaches how to put chords together to create songs. Happy playing!
Notes that compose the Gb maj9 chord:
GbBbDbFAb
Chord formula for the Major Ninth chord:
Fingerings for the Gbmaj9 guitar chord
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If you have difficulties with bar chord shapes, check the Bar Chords Tips tutorial.
You can also use this accessible chords page with written diagrams instruction.
Position 1
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Position 2
BarreMovable
Position 3
BarreMovable
You can find more shapes in our all guitar chords online library. If you prefer a printable pdf, download the Free Guitar Chords Chart Pdf
Play This Chord With Other Roots
C maj9 | D maj9 | E maj9 | F maj9 | G maj9 | A maj9 | B maj9 | C#maj9 | D#maj9 | F#maj9 | G#maj9 | A#maj9 | Abmaj9 | Bbmaj9 | Dbmaj9 | Ebmaj9 | Gbmaj9
Create your Gb maj9 chord shapes
You can create any fingering you like on any part of the fretboard, just play some of the chord tones shown in the map below.