Six String Guitar · Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯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

Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯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 — M-shape, 2nd (x x 4 2 2 4) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

G♯ Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 2nd (4 2 4 2 2 4) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

G♯ Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 10th (x 11 11 11 10 11) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

G♯ Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 14th (x x 16 14 14 16) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

G♯ Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 14th (16 14 16 14 14 16) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

G♯ Minor guitar chord — 2nd position (4 x x 2 2 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

G♯ Minor guitar chord — 2nd position (4 2 x x 2 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

G♯ Minor guitar chord — 2nd position (x x 4 2 2 x) fretboard diagram in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯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 — M-shape, 2nd (x x 4 2 2 4) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

G♯ Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 2nd (4 2 4 2 2 4) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

G♯ Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 10th (x 11 11 11 10 11) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

G♯ Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 14th (x x 16 14 14 16) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

G♯ Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 14th (16 14 16 14 14 16) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

G♯ Minor guitar tab — 2nd position (4 x x 2 2 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

G♯ Minor guitar tab — 2nd position (4 2 x x 2 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯E)

G♯ Minor guitar tab — 2nd position (x x 4 2 2 x) in Open A Tuning (EAEAC♯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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