Gb-6(#5b9) Augmented

The Gb-6(#5b9) chord is built from the notes Gb – Bbb – D – Eb – Abb.

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Also known as

Gbm6(#5b9)

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).

DFifth

Augmented fifth (♯5)

Eight semitones — a sharp fifth. Restless and dreamy, typical of augmented chords.

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

Locrian ♭♭7harmonic major scale

🎹 Modal analysis

This chord implies the Locrian ♭♭7 scale; its characteristic note is the ♭♭7 (enharmonic major 6th). It is a mode of the harmonic major scale.

🎸 Genres

Modern jazz · Post-bop · Fusion

-6(#5b9) in every key

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