Gb Harmonic Minor
G flat Harmonic Minor scale for bass guitar presented by diagram.
The Gb Harmonic Minor displayed as fingerboard diagram for bass. The notes are marked in blue color, root notes in darker shade. The one-octave pattern starts on the 4th string, 2nd fret.
Gb Harmonic Minor one octave
Gb Harmonic Minor full fretboard
Gb Harmonic Minor with note names
The scale displayed with its numeric formula and scale degrees.
| Formula | Notes | Intervals | Degrees |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gb | Unison | Tonic |
| 2 | Ab | Major second | Supertonic |
| b3 | Bbb | Minor third | Mediant |
| 4 | Cb | Perfect fourth | Subdominant |
| 5 | Db | Perfect fifth | Dominant |
| b6 | Ebb | Minor sixth | Submediant |
| 7 | F | Major seventh | Subtonic |
Bbb is equivalent to A, Cb is equivalent to B, Ebb is equivalent to D. In scale notation, the same note letter should not be included twice, if it can be avoided.
The G flat Harmonic Minor consists of seven notes. It can be described in steps as a formula of distances written as whole step, half step, whole step, whole step, half step, whole and a half step, half step from the root to the next root note.
It is identical with Gb Natural Minor apart from the major seventh interval (F).
G flat Harmonic Minor scale starting on E-string:
G flat Harmonic Minor scale starting on A-string:
The numbers above the tablatures are suggested fingerings.