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G on guitar

G is a major, spelled G, B and D. In Standard tuning (E2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4) the easiest shape is 320003, which sits at fret 2, spans 1 fret and lets 3 strings ring open. 12 positions for it are shown below, from the nut up to fret 15.

Notes and intervals

NoteGBD
Interval1P3M5P

12 ways to play it

Ordered by how hard they are to fret, easiest first, one per position on the neck. Fret numbers are relative to the position marked beside each grid.

G major, open position, capo 0213
320003sits at fret 2, spans 1 fret and lets 3 strings ring open
G major, open position, capo 012
35000xsits at fret 3, spans 2 frets, lets 3 strings ring open and mutes 1 string
G major, open position, capo 0
xx000xis played entirely on open strings, needs no stretch at all, lets 3 strings ring open and mutes 3 strings
G major, position 9, capo 09fr213
x1090010sits at fret 9, spans 1 fret, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 1 string
G major, open position, capo 01
xx500xsits at fret 5, needs no stretch at all, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 3 strings
G major, position 10, capo 010fr1
x10000xsits at fret 10, needs no stretch at all, lets 3 strings ring open and mutes 2 strings
G major, open position, capo 021
xx540xsits at fret 4, spans 1 fret, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 3 strings
G major, position 8, capo 08fr3214
x1090810sits at fret 8, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
G major, position 7, capo 07fr1
xxx007sits at fret 7, needs no stretch at all, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 3 strings
G major, position 14, capo 014fr213
151400015sits at fret 14, spans 1 fret and lets 3 strings ring open
G major, position 12, capo 012fr3214
1514001215sits at fret 12, spans 3 frets and lets 2 strings ring open
G major, position 15, capo 015fr1
xxx0015sits at fret 15, needs no stretch at all, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 3 strings

The five shapes

Every shape below is one of the five open chords moved up the neck, with a finger — or the nut — standing in for the open strings. G turns up as a G shape and an E shape: G at the nut, E at fret 3.

G major, open position, capo 0213
G shapeG as a G shape: the open shape itself, fingered 320003 against the nut.
G major, open position, capo 0342
E shapeG as an E shape: barre at fret 3, fingered 355433.

Keys G belongs to

G is diatonic to 24 of the 96 keys this app knows, playing a different role in each.

G in another tuning

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