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G sharp minor flat six chord

About the G sharp minor flat six chord

The G sharp minor flat six chord is a G sharp minor flat six built from G sharp, B, D sharp, E. You will most often meet it as the I chord in E Major.

It is also written A flat minor flat six , which spells the same notes enharmonically.

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Inversions

9fr 2fr

(root position)

Notes and intervals

1 G sharp Root
2 B Minor 3rd
3 D sharp Perfect 5th
4 E Minor 6th

Shapes

Chromatic

C C♯ D♭ D D♯ E♭ E F F♯ G♭ G G♯ A♭ A A♯ B♭ B

Circle of Fifths

C G D A E B F♯ G♭ C♯ D♭ G♯ A♭ D♯ E♭ A♯ B♭ F

Keys that use G sharp minor flat six

G sharp minor flat six is diatonic to these keys, where it acts as the chord shown.

IE Major IE Lydian IE Harmonic Major IE Lydian ♯2 IID sharp Phrygian IID sharp Locrian IID sharp Phrygian Dominant IID sharp Inverted Major IIIC sharp Dorian IIIC sharp Natural Minor IIIC sharp Melodic Minor Descending IIIC sharp Dorian ♯4

Other G sharp chords

Simpler triads

G sharp five G sharp G sharp minor G sharp diminished G sharp augmented

Suspended

G sharp suspended two G sharp suspended four G sharp seven suspended four G sharp nine suspended four G sharp thirteen suspended four

Sixths and sevenths

G sharp six G sharp minor six G sharp seven G sharp major seven G sharp minor seven G sharp minor seven flat five G sharp diminished seven G sharp minor major seven G sharp major seven flat five G sharp major seven sharp five G sharp minor major seven flat five

Extensions

G sharp nine G sharp add nine G sharp major nine G sharp minor nine G sharp eleven G sharp thirteen G sharp six nine G sharp minor add nine G sharp major eleven G sharp major thirteen G sharp minor eleven G sharp minor thirteen G sharp minor six nine G sharp minor major nine G sharp minor major eleven

Altered

G sharp seven sharp five G sharp seven flat five G sharp seven flat nine G sharp seven sharp nine G sharp nine flat five G sharp nine sharp eleven G sharp nine sharp five

Functional relationships

These chords are where this one most naturally comes from and resolves to inside a key.

Relative major

B Learn more

The relative major uses the same notes and key signature, so it works as a brighter home base.

Parallel major

G sharp Learn more

The parallel major keeps the same root note but raises the third, giving the same key a brighter, happier sound.

Dominant

D sharp Learn more

The dominant is a fifth above the root, and it builds tension that pulls strongly back to this chord.

Subdominant

C sharp minor Learn more

The subdominant is a fourth above the root (a fifth below), and it usually leads on to the dominant or back home.

Tritone substitution

A seven Learn more

The tritone substitution stands in for this chord's dominant with a dominant seventh a half step above the root, which slides down by a half step to resolve here.

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