G flat minor - chord help

sorry to bother yall on this cold sunday, but if anyone could help me on a chord Im stuck on.

I was going through my theory lessons and I came across a chord I could not play. Its the G flat minor chord. the reason Im stuck is this...

Ill be using the letter b to represent the flat symbol.

the Gb minor keys are

Gb Bbb Db

can someone explain how to play the B key with TWO flat symbols after it? What does it mean when a key has 2 flat symbols after it?

in this case, Bbb

if anyone could please explain how I would play this, it would make my day. Since im reading paper, I have no way to tell if im playing it right. And i would like to move on to the next lesson, but I need help.

thanks to anyone who replies.
peace, smoov

"Double flat" I believe should be, in your case, A

B flattened = Bb and once again flattened = A

It's all to do with the key you are in = what the note is called.

Bbb becomes A!!

its all greek to me. one day ill learn this ish!

i really appreciate it

thanks

just play a g minor and move each note down a step....

greg

in jazz piano/organ you usually play 7th chords but cats like joe zawinul,hancock sometimes play the 9th instead the rootnote!!! means: when you play Cmin7(C,Eb,G,Bb) you dont play C you play Eb,G,Bb,D..you can play the C in a lower octave/basssnd..it´s something about improvise on scales,in this case the minor scale

coo thanks!

im still learning this stuff. there's lots to learn, but im doing ok so far....thanks tho yall

oh yes...minor ninths chords are far more jazzy than minor 7ths.....also try playing a major seventh chord three steps above the root- so over a bass of g it will be a#major seventh- luverly...


greg

on my next reply i will give you a example of a II-VI-I voicing ;that is a cool method to improvise chords

ok. im kinda familiar with the different ways to play chords...but when reading them i get kinda confused.....

aight...i probably should already know this but the info I have dosnt clearly explain....but when reading something like Cmin7, what would the 7 stand for? i guess thats where the Bb comes in. C is the root, Eb is the 3rd, G is the 5th so i guess Bb would be the 7th?

hope im right cause thats what I been thinkin.....

thanks for all you guys' help.

that´s right ;Bb is 7th ,D is 9th etc.!!

coo

thanks!!

well the second Bb is the ninth...the first is the 2nd

greg

yo i appreciate all you guys' help!

anybody that wants to add anything on this topic feel free! i can use all the help i can get