What notes are in the Gb Sixth sharp eleventh chord?

The Gb Sixth sharp eleventh chord contains the notes Gb · Bb · Db · Eb · C: the root Gb with the intervals 1P, 3M, 5P, 6M, 11A stacked above it. Play them together for the chord or one after another for an arpeggio. The lowest note is normally Gb, but any chord tone can take the bass in an inversion.

What intervals make up the Gb Sixth sharp eleventh chord?

Measured from Gb, the Gb Sixth sharp eleventh chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3M, 5P, 6M, 11A. The quality of the third and of the seventh, if there is one, is what gives the chord its character; the rest of the notes colour it. Every interval in the formula links to its own page, with its sound.

How do I play the Gb Sixth sharp eleventh chord?

On guitar the most common Gb Sixth sharp eleventh shape is 211312, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play Gb3 · Bb3 · Db4 · Eb4 · C5 with the right hand, or move the root down into the left hand and keep the rest above it. Every shape on this page plays when you press it.

Gb Sixth Sharp Eleventh Chord (Gbmaj6#11): Notes, Piano & Guitar

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Voicings on the piano

Voicing	Notes	Play it on your instrument
Closed, root position	Gb3 · Bb3 · Db4 · Eb4 · C5
Open (drop 2)	Eb3 · Gb3 · Bb3 · Db4 · C5
Shell	Gb3 · Bb3 · Eb4
Rootless	Bb3 · Eb4 · C5

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Anatomy

Gb Sixth sharp eleventh (Gbmaj6#11) contains the notes Gb · Bb · Db · Eb · C, each with a role measured as an interval from the root.

Read on: how triads are built · seventh chords · extensions

Inversions

An inversion of Gb Sixth sharp eleventh puts a chord tone other than Gb in the bass; the name after the slash is that bass note.

Where it lives

The keys and the scales Gb Sixth sharp eleventh belongs to.

In which keys

Gb Sixth sharp eleventh is diatonic to 2 keys; the numeral is its degree and the label its harmonic function.

Db majorIVmaj6#11Subdominant
Bb minorVImaj6#11Subdominant

Extensions beyond the seventh count when every note sits in the key.

Scales that contain it

Gb Sixth sharp eleventh fits inside these scales, each built on Gb.

Gb LydianGb · Ab · Bb · C · Db · Eb · F
Gb Lydian DominantGb · Ab · Bb · C · Db · Eb · Fb
Gb Hungarian MajorGb · A · Bb · C · Db · Eb · Fb
Gb Lydian #9Gb · A · Bb · C · Db · Eb · F

Related chords

Chords that share most of their notes with Gb Sixth sharp eleventh: simpler and richer stacks of the same notes, and the substitutes a chart would accept.

Simpler

Gb6Gb · Bb · Db · Eb
GbGb · Bb · Db
Gb5Gb · Db

Richer

Gb69#11Gb · Bb · Db · Eb · Ab · C
Gb13#9#11Gb · Bb · Db · Fb · A · C · Eb
Gbmaj13#11Gb · Bb · Db · F · Ab · C · Eb
Gb13#11Gb · Bb · Db · Fb · Ab · C · Eb

Sixth sharp eleventh on every root

Cmaj6#11 Dbmaj6#11 Dmaj6#11 Ebmaj6#11 Emaj6#11 Fmaj6#11 F#maj6#11 Gmaj6#11 Abmaj6#11 Amaj6#11 Bbmaj6#11 Bmaj6#11

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Understanding the Gb Sixth sharp eleventh chord

Names and symbols

Gbmaj6#11 is the chord symbol for Gb Sixth sharp eleventh; it is also written GbM6#11, GbM6b5, Gb6#11, Gb6b5.

Gb Sixth sharp eleventh and F# Sixth sharp eleventh are the same sound spelled two ways; both have a page here, and each links to the other. F# Sixth sharp eleventh

Common questions

What notes are in the Gb Sixth sharp eleventh chord?: The Gb Sixth sharp eleventh chord contains the notes Gb · Bb · Db · Eb · C: the root Gb with the intervals 1P, 3M, 5P, 6M, 11A stacked above it. Play them together for the chord or one after another for an arpeggio. The lowest note is normally Gb, but any chord tone can take the bass in an inversion.
What intervals make up the Gb Sixth sharp eleventh chord?: Measured from Gb, the Gb Sixth sharp eleventh chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3M, 5P, 6M, 11A. The quality of the third and of the seventh, if there is one, is what gives the chord its character; the rest of the notes colour it. Every interval in the formula links to its own page, with its sound.
How do I play the Gb Sixth sharp eleventh chord?: On guitar the most common Gb Sixth sharp eleventh shape is 211312, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play Gb3 · Bb3 · Db4 · Eb4 · C5 with the right hand, or move the root down into the left hand and keep the rest above it. Every shape on this page plays when you press it.