Guitar chord · Ninths
G♭ minor 9th chord on guitar
202120 · Open position
All 4 shapes, tab & fingering ↓
4 ways to play G♭m9 on guitar, with finger positions, tabs and step-by-step instructions.
Silky minor sound heard all over neo-soul and jazz.
- Notes
- G♭B𝄫D♭F♭A♭
- Formula
- 1♭35♭79
- Built from
- root · minor 3rd · perfect 5th · minor 7th · major 9th
Guitar
Standard tuning (E A D G B E) · 4 voicings · E string on the left · Other tunings →
How to play it · Open position
- 6th string (low E): 2nd fret, middle finger (2) G♭
- 5th string (A): play open B𝄫
- 4th string (D): 2nd fret, ring finger (3) F♭
- 3rd string (G): 1st fret, index finger (1) A♭
- 2nd string (B): 2nd fret, pinky finger (4) D♭
- 1st string (high E): play open F♭
Tablature
e|--0---| B|--2---| G|--1---| D|--2---| A|--0---| E|--2---|
Top line is the high E string. x = don’t play, 0 = open string.
Every G♭m9 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♭m9 on guitar
On guitar, G♭m9 has an open-position shape, 202120, using four fingers alongside the open strings.
Notice the B𝄫 in G♭m9 (G♭ B𝄫 D♭ F♭ A♭): each note of the chord takes its own letter (G–B–D–F–A), so the minor 3rd has to be written B𝄫 rather than A — the same key on a piano, spelled to fit the chord.
