Chord

Gb Dominant #9

  • Gb7#9
Space plays and stops
Notes and intervals
GbM3Bbm3Dbm3Fb4A
Extends
Gb Dominant 7

Gb Dominant #9, written Gb7#9, is built from Gb, Bb, Db, Fb and A: the root, major 3rd, 5th, minor 7th and sharp 9th.

Its 3rd and 7th, Bb and Fb, 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. C7, a tritone away, has the same two notes the other way up, so it can stand in for Gb7#9 as its tritone substitute.

Scales that fit

  1. Mode of Melodic Minor

    F# Super Locrian

  2. Mode of Diminished

    Gb Half-Whole

    The diminished scale alternates whole steps and half steps to produce a symmetric scale...

Voicings All 8