G Flat Minor Guitar Chord

When you see F#m (or Gbm) written down, you are more likely to think it’s the name of one of Elon Musk’s kids, rather than a name for a guitar, chord?

What, no? Weirdos, man...

Never mind, we are going to show you a few different ways of playing the Gbm guitar chord.

But let’s decode the weird name of this chord first. C’mon, at least you gotta admit the name is weird...

Gb and F# are the same notes, so the F sharp minor guitar chord is the same as the G flat minor guitar chord. Other than that, you should note that the b in Gb stands for ‘’flat’’ and # in F# stands for sharp.

Now that we have that covered, let’s jump right in!

You have probably heard how scary it is to learn how to play barre chords. Yeah, it can be somewhat hard, but luckily for you, you’ve got us on our side. With a little bit of patience, you will be playing these like Ritchie Blackmore in no time!

For this one, barre your index finger across all 6 strings on the 2nd fret. Add your ring finger to the 4th fret of the 5th string. Lastly, put your pinky on the 4th fret of the 4th string.

And voila! There you have it!

Strum all 6 six strings with your picking hand.

When reading the Gbm chord diagram, you should know that ‘’X’’ signifies a string you do not want to play.
When playing a full Gbm bar chord, pick all strings separately to make sure you have pressed them all strong enough.
When placing your fingers to play this Gbm chord, make sure that you are behind the fret wire. Also, barre’s aside, make sure that you are pressing the strings with your fingertips.

Pro-tip: There are many different ways of playing the G flat minor chord on the guitar. Do you want to learn other versions of this chord? Other chords in G flat minor scale? Or like, literally everything guitar-related? If the answer is - yes, to any of the above, make sure to join the GuitarZoom membership!