Guitar chord · Sevenths
G♭ dominant 7th chord on guitar
242320 · Open position
All 6 shapes, tab & fingering ↓
6 ways to play G♭7 on guitar, with finger positions, tabs and step-by-step instructions.
Bluesy tension that pulls strongly toward the chord a 5th below.
G♭7 is the V7 chord in B major. In minor keys: V7 in B minor.
- Notes
- G♭B♭D♭F♭
- Formula
- 135♭7
- Built from
- root · major 3rd · perfect 5th · minor 7th
Guitar
Standard tuning (E A D G B E) · 6 voicings · E string on the left · Other tunings →
How to play it · Open position
- Lay your index finger (1) flat across 5 strings at the 2nd fret — this is the barre.
- 6th string (low E): 2nd fret, held by the barre G♭
- 5th string (A): 4th fret, ring finger (3) D♭
- 4th string (D): 2nd fret, held by the barre F♭
- 3rd string (G): 3rd fret, middle finger (2) B♭
- 2nd string (B): 2nd fret, held by the barre D♭
- 1st string (high E): play open F♭
Tablature
e|--0---| B|--2---| G|--3---| D|--2---| A|--4---| E|--2---|
Top line is the high E string. x = don’t play, 0 = open string.
Every G♭7 note on the guitar neck
Bright dots are the selected voicing — the rest are other places you can find the same chord tones.
Tips for playing G♭7 on guitar
On guitar, G♭7 has an open-position shape, 242320, using three fingers alongside the open strings.
You’ll find G♭7 in common progressions such as F♯7–B7–C♯7 (the 12-bar blues in F♯ major) and C♯m7–F♯7–Bmaj7 (the jazz cadence in B major).
