What notes are in the G# 7no5 chord?

The G# 7no5 chord contains the notes G# · B# · F#: the root G# with the intervals 1P, 3M, 7m stacked above it. Play them together for the chord or one after another for an arpeggio. The lowest note is normally G#, but any chord tone can take the bass in an inversion.

What intervals make up the G# 7no5 chord?

Measured from G#, the G# 7no5 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3M, 7m. 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 G# 7no5 chord?

On guitar the most common G# 7no5 shape is xxx112, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play G#3 · B#4 · F#4 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.

G# 7no5 Chord (G#7no5): Notes, Piano & Guitar

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Voicings on the piano

Voicing	Notes	Play it on your instrument
Closed, root position	G#3 · B#4 · F#4

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Anatomy

G# 7no5 (G#7no5) contains the notes G# · B# · F#, each with a role measured as an interval from the root.

Read on: how triads are built · seventh chords

Inversions

An inversion of G# 7no5 puts a chord tone other than G# in the bass; the name after the slash is that bass note.

Where it lives

The keys and the scales G# 7no5 belongs to.

In which keys

G# 7no5 is diatonic to 3 keys; the numeral is its degree and the label its harmonic function.

C# minorV7no5Dominant
Db majorV7no5Dominant
Bb minorVII7no5Subdominant

Scales that contain it

G# 7no5 fits inside these scales, each built on G#.

G# MixolydianG# · A# · B# · C# · D# · E# · F#
G# Phrygian DominantG# · A · B# · C# · D# · E · F#
G# Mixolydian PentatonicG# · B# · C# · D# · F#
G# Neapolitan Major PentatonicG# · B# · C# · D · F#
G# Whole Tone PentatonicG# · B# · D · E · F#
G# Super Locrian PentatonicG# · B · C · D · F#
G# Mystery #1G# · A · B# · D · E · F#
G# Locrian MajorG# · A# · B# · C# · D · E · F#

Related chords

Chords that share most of their notes with G# 7no5: simpler and richer stacks of the same notes, and the substitutes a chart would accept.

Richer

G#7G# · B# · D# · F#
G#alt7G# · B# · F# · A
G#9G# · B# · D# · F# · A#
G#7b9G# · B# · D# · F# · A
G#13G# · B# · D# · F# · A# · E#
G#7b13G# · B# · F# · E

Common substitutions

D7no5D · F# · C
D7no5 shares the third and seventh of G#7no5 a tritone away, so it can replace it as a dominant.
D#m7D# · F# · A# · C#
D#m7 is the ii chord that leads into G#7no5 in a ii–V.

7no5 on every root

C7no5 C#7no5 Db7no5 D7no5 Eb7no5 E7no5 F7no5 F#7no5 Gb7no5 G7no5 Ab7no5 A7no5 Bb7no5 B7no5

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Understanding the G# 7no5 chord

Names and symbols

G#7no5 is the chord symbol for G# 7no5.

G# 7no5 and Ab 7no5 are the same sound spelled two ways; both have a page here, and each links to the other. Ab 7no5

Common questions

What notes are in the G# 7no5 chord?: The G# 7no5 chord contains the notes G# · B# · F#: the root G# with the intervals 1P, 3M, 7m stacked above it. Play them together for the chord or one after another for an arpeggio. The lowest note is normally G#, but any chord tone can take the bass in an inversion.
What intervals make up the G# 7no5 chord?: Measured from G#, the G# 7no5 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3M, 7m. 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 G# 7no5 chord?: On guitar the most common G# 7no5 shape is xxx112, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play G#3 · B#4 · F#4 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.