Six String Guitar · Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3

G♯mG♯ Minor

ERoot
Gtone
Btone

Formula ♭6 · 7 · ♭3  ·  Notes E · G · B

How to play it

G♯m fingering positions

Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3, 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, 5th (x x 5 5 8 8) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3
G♯ Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 5th (5 5 8 5 8 8) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3
G♯ Minor guitar chord — 4th position (5 x x x 0 4) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3
G♯ Minor guitar chord — 4th position (x x 5 x 0 4) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3
G♯ Minor guitar chord — 4th position (5 x x 5 x 4) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3
G♯ Minor guitar chord — 4th position (5 x x 5 0 4) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3
G♯ Minor guitar chord — 4th position (5 x 0 5 x 4) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3
G♯ Minor guitar chord — 4th position (5 x 0 5 0 4) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3
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, 5th (x x 5 5 8 8) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3
G♯ Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 5th (5 5 8 5 8 8) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3
G♯ Minor guitar tab — 4th position (5 x x x 0 4) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3
G♯ Minor guitar tab — 4th position (x x 5 x 0 4) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3
G♯ Minor guitar tab — 4th position (5 x x 5 x 4) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3
G♯ Minor guitar tab — 4th position (5 x x 5 0 4) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3
G♯ Minor guitar tab — 4th position (5 x 0 5 x 4) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3
G♯ Minor guitar tab — 4th position (5 x 0 5 0 4) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE) · Capo 3
Sound

How G♯m sounds

Consonance
5/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
sadmelancholyserious
Genres
rockpopclassical
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesE · G · B
Formula (scale degrees)♭6 · 7 · ♭3
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G♯m in other tunings:

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