Four String Bass · Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

GmG Minor

DRoot

Ftone

Atone

Formula 5 · ♭7 · 2 · Notes D · F · A

How to play it

Gm fingering positions

Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭), low E on the left. Each dot is colour-coded by note — the ringed dot is the root. Numbers below show the fret per string (x = muted).

G Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 4th (4 6 6 4) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

G Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 8th (x 11 9 8) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

G Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 16th (16 18 18 16) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

G Minor guitar chord — Open (4 x 1 4) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

G Minor guitar chord — Open (4 2 1 x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

G Minor guitar chord — Open (4 2 1 1) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

G Minor guitar chord — Open (4 2 1 4) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

G Minor guitar chord — 4th position (4 6 x 4) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

Read it as tab

Gm guitar tab

The same voicings in tablature — high e on top, low E on the bottom. Each fret number is colour-coded by note; the ringed number is the root, × means don’t play that string.

G Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 4th (4 6 6 4) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

G Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 8th (x 11 9 8) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

G Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 16th (16 18 18 16) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

G Minor guitar tab — Open (4 x 1 4) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

G Minor guitar tab — Open (4 2 1 x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

G Minor guitar tab — Open (4 2 1 1) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

G Minor guitar tab — Open (4 2 1 4) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

G Minor guitar tab — 4th position (4 6 x 4) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭)

Sound

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F · A

Formula (scale degrees)5 · ♭7 · 2

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