Gbm is a minor, spelled Gb, Bbb and Db. In Standard tuning (E2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4) the easiest shape is 244222, which sits at fret 2 and needs a barre across 6 strings at fret 2. 12 positions for it are shown below, from the nut up to fret 14.
Notes and intervals
Note
Gb
Bbb
Db
Interval
1P
3m
5P
12 ways to play it
Ordered by how hard they are to fret, easiest first, one per position on the neck. Fret numbers are relative to the position marked beside each grid.
244222sits at fret 2 and needs a barre across 6 strings at fret 2x0767xsits at fret 6, spans 1 fret, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 2 stringsx07675sits at fret 5, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string5046xxsits at fret 4, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 2 stringsx91111109sits at fret 9, needs a barre across 5 strings at fret 9 and mutes 1 stringx0111110xsits at fret 10, spans 1 fret, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 2 strings14011111414sits at fret 11, needs a barre across 2 strings at fret 11 and lets 1 string ring open997xxxsits at fret 7, spans 2 frets and mutes 3 stringsxxx141414sits at fret 14, needs a barre across 3 strings at fret 14 and mutes 3 strings24422xsits at fret 2, needs a barre across 5 strings at fret 2 and mutes 1 string20422xsits at fret 2, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 stringxx4222sits at fret 2, needs a barre across 3 strings at fret 2 and mutes 2 strings
The five shapes
Every shape below is one of the five open chords moved up the neck, with a finger — or the nut — standing in for the open strings. Gbm turns up as an E shape, a D shape and an A shape: E at fret 2, D at fret 4, A at fret 9.
E shapeGbm as an E shape: barre at fret 2, fingered 244222.D shapeGbm as a D shape: index finger at fret 4, fingered xx4675.A shapeGbm as an A shape: barre at fret 9, fingered x91111109.
Keys Gbm belongs to
Gbm is diatonic to 24 of the 96 keys this app knows, playing a different role in each.