G#m is a minor, spelled G#, B and D#. In Standard tuning (E2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4) the easiest shape is 466444, which sits at fret 4 and needs a barre across 6 strings at fret 4. 12 positions for it are shown below, from the nut up to fret 13.
Notes and intervals
Note
G#
B
D#
Interval
1P
3m
5P
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.
466444sits at fret 4 and needs a barre across 6 strings at fret 4421104sits at fret 1, needs a barre across 2 strings at fret 1 and lets 1 string ring openxx6807sits at fret 6, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 2 stringsx1113130xsits at fret 11, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 2 stringsx1198011sits at fret 8, spans 3 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 stringxx9897sits at fret 7, spans 2 frets and mutes 2 strings42640xsits at fret 2, spans 4 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string11119xxxsits at fret 9, spans 2 frets and mutes 3 stringsx1413130xsits at fret 13, needs a barre across 2 strings at fret 13, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 2 stringsxx131312xsits at fret 12, spans 1 fret and mutes 3 strings46640xsits at fret 4, needs a barre across 4 strings at fret 4, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string46644xsits at fret 4, needs a barre across 5 strings at fret 4 and mutes 1 string
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#m turns up as an E shape, a D shape and an A shape: E at fret 4, D at fret 6, A at fret 11.
E shapeG#m as an E shape: barre at fret 4, fingered 466444.D shapeG#m as a D shape: index finger at fret 6, fingered xx6897.A shapeG#m as an A shape: barre at fret 11, fingered x1113131211.
Keys G#m belongs to
G#m is diatonic to 24 of the 96 keys this app knows, playing a different role in each.