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G flat flat nine suspended four chord

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About the G flat flat nine suspended four chord

G flat flat nine suspended four is used in D Major, where every note it holds is a scale tone. Think of it as a G suspended fourth chord with a flat ninth.

Its notes are G, C, D, and G. The intervals are a perfect fourth, a perfect fifth, and a minor ninth.

Also called F sharp flat nine suspended four, which spells the same notes enharmonically.

Positions

No stored guitar shape for this voicing yet. Build it from G♭, C♭, D♭, G.

Notes and intervals

1G flatRoot
2C flatPerfect 4th
3D flatPerfect 5th
4GMinor 9th

Shapes

Chromatic

CC♯D♭DD♯E♭EFF♯G♭GG♯A♭AA♯B♭B

Circle of Fifths

CGDAEBF♯G♭C♯D♭G♯A♭D♯E♭A♯B♭F

Other G flat chords

Simpler triads

Suspended

Sixths and sevenths

Extensions

Altered

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G♭(♭9)sus4 chord on guitar shown as colored note dots
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