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Summary: There are different inversions of triad guitar chords starting with the root and the fifth. Learn how to form and play an Gb major triad guitar chord in 2nd inversion from an experienced musician in this free music theory video.
Thomas Marchevsky is a professional guitarist/composer and college professor. He has an M.M. in guitar from the New England Conservatory in Boston. He teaches private lessons at his...read more
"O.k. Now we're moving on to the G flat minor chord. And the notes in this chord are G flat, A, D flat. So G is G flat's the root. A is the third and D flat's the fifth. So we'll need the fifth of the chord, D flat as a starting point. And we'll find D flat on the eleventh fret of the fourth string. Now we'll take this starting point. And we'll add the root of the chord G flat, on the eleventh fret, of the third string. And then, we'll add the third of the chord, A. Which is on the ninth fret of the second string. So we have D flat, G flat and A. That's the G flat minor chord. Second inversion on the fourth string."