Chord

Gb Diminished 7

  • Gbdim7
  • Gbo7
  • Gb°7
Space plays and stops
Notes and intervals
Gbm3Bbbm3Dbbm3Fbb

Gb Diminished 7, written Gbdim7, is built from Gb, Bbb, Dbb and Fbb: the root, minor 3rd, flat 5th and diminished 7th.

Its 3rd and 7th, Bbb and Fbb, are its guide tones: they say what kind of chord it is, so voicings are built around them and the root is often left to the bass.

Scales that fit

  1. Mode of Diminished

    Gb Whole-Half

  2. Mode of Harmonic Minor

    F# Altered Diminished

Voicings All 18