Gb-alt7#5 Augmented

The Gb-alt7#5 chord is built from the notes Gb – Bbb – D – Fb – Abb – A.

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Also known as

Gb-alt9#5

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.

FbSeventh

Minor seventh (♭7)

Ten semitones — the dominant/minor seventh. Adds bluesy tension (7, m7).

AbbExtension

Flat ninth (♭9)

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

AExtension

Sharp ninth (♯9)

A ♯9 — the gritty 'Hendrix' tension over a dominant chord.

🎼 Related scales

🎹 Modal analysis

This chord implies the Phrygian scale; its characteristic note is the ♭9 / ♭2.

🎸 Genres

Flamenco · Metal · Modal jazz

-alt7#5 in every key

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