Six String Guitar · Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

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

Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭), 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 0 2 2 1 0) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

G♯ Minor guitar chord — E-shape, 5th (5 7 7 5 5 5) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

G♯ Minor guitar chord — D-shape, 7th (x x 7 9 10 8) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

G♯ Minor guitar chord — A-shape, 12th (x 12 14 14 13 12) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

G♯ Minor guitar chord — E-shape, 17th (17 19 19 17 17 17) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

G♯ Minor guitar chord — D-shape, 19th (x x 19 21 22 20) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

G♯ Minor guitar chord — Open (x 0 2 x 1 x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

G♯ Minor guitar chord — Open (x 0 2 x 1 0) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

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 0 2 2 1 0) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

G♯ Minor guitar tab — E-shape, 5th (5 7 7 5 5 5) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

G♯ Minor guitar tab — D-shape, 7th (x x 7 9 10 8) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

G♯ Minor guitar tab — A-shape, 12th (x 12 14 14 13 12) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

G♯ Minor guitar tab — E-shape, 17th (17 19 19 17 17 17) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

G♯ Minor guitar tab — D-shape, 19th (x x 19 21 22 20) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

G♯ Minor guitar tab — Open (x 0 2 x 1 x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

G♯ Minor guitar tab — Open (x 0 2 x 1 0) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭B♭E♭)

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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