Gb-6(addb9) Minor

The Gb-6(addb9) chord is built from the notes Gb – Bbb – Db – Eb – Abb.

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Also known as

Gb-6(b9)Gb-6/9Gbmi6/9Gbmin6(b9)Gbmin6add9

Chord tones, one by one

GbRoot

Root

The fundamental note the chord is built on — Gb.

BbbThird

Minor third

Three semitones — makes the chord minor (darker, sadder).

DbFifth

Perfect fifth

Seven semitones — the most stable interval, reinforces the root.

EbExtension

Thirteenth (13)

A 13th — full, rich top extension.

AbbExtension

Flat ninth (♭9)

A ♭9 — sharp, dissonant tension typical of altered dominant chords.

🎼 Related scales

Dorian ♭2 (Phrygian ♮6)melodic minor a major 2nd below

🎹 Modal analysis

This chord implies the Dorian ♭2 (Phrygian ♮6) scale; its characteristic note is the ♭9 / ♭2. It is a mode of the melodic minor a major 2nd below.

🎸 Genres

Modern jazz · Post-bop · Fusion

-6(addb9) in every key

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