Four String Banjo · Plectrum (CGBD)

G♯mG♯ Minor

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Gtone

Btone

Formula ♭6 · 7 · ♭3 · Notes E · G · B

How to play it

G♯m fingering positions

Plectrum (CGBD), 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 — Open (x 1 0 1) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)

G♯ Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 8th (8 8 9 9) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)

G♯ Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 12th (x 13 12 13) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)

G♯ Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 20th (20 20 21 21) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)

G♯ Minor guitar chord — 8th position (8 8 x 9) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)

G♯ Minor guitar chord — 20th position (20 20 x 21) fretboard diagram in Plectrum (CGBD)

Read it as tab

G♯m 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 — Open (x 1 0 1) in Plectrum (CGBD)

G♯ Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 8th (8 8 9 9) in Plectrum (CGBD)

G♯ Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 12th (x 13 12 13) in Plectrum (CGBD)

G♯ Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 20th (20 20 21 21) in Plectrum (CGBD)

G♯ Minor guitar tab — 8th position (8 8 x 9) in Plectrum (CGBD)

G♯ Minor guitar tab — 20th position (20 20 x 21) in Plectrum (CGBD)

Sound

How G♯m sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G · B

Formula (scale degrees)♭6 · 7 · ♭3

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