Chord

Gb Major 9

  • Gbmaj9
  • GbM9
  • GbΔ9
  • Gbmajor9
Space plays and stops
Notes and intervals
GbM3Bbm3DbM3Fm3Ab
Extends
Gb Major 7

Gb Major 9, written Gbmaj9, is built from Gb, Bb, Db, F and Ab: the root, major 3rd, 5th, major 7th and 9th.

Its 3rd and 7th, Bb and F, 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 Major

    Gb Ionian

    The major scale and its modes are the most commonly used scales in western music.

  2. Mode of Major

    Gb Lydian

Voicings All 8