Gm is a minor, spelled G, Bb and D. In Standard tuning (E2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4) the easiest shape is 310033, which sits at fret 1, spans 2 frets and lets 2 strings ring open. 12 positions for it are shown below, from the nut up to fret 15.
Notes and intervals
Note
G
Bb
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.
310033sits at fret 1, spans 2 frets and lets 2 strings ring open355333sits at fret 3 and needs a barre across 6 strings at fret 36500xxsits at fret 5, spans 1 fret, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 2 stringsx100011xsits at fret 10, spans 1 fret, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 2 stringsx1080810sits at fret 8, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string1513001515sits at fret 13, spans 2 frets and lets 2 strings ring openxxx086sits at fret 6, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 3 stringsxx878xsits at fret 7, spans 1 fret and mutes 3 stringsxx0011xsits at fret 11, needs no stretch at all, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 3 strings151301215xsits at fret 12, spans 3 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 stringxx0151515sits at fret 15, needs a barre across 3 strings at fret 15, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 2 strings31003xsits at fret 1, spans 2 frets, lets 2 strings ring open 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. Gm turns up as an E shape, a D shape and an A shape: E at fret 3, D at fret 5, A at fret 10.
E shapeGm as an E shape: barre at fret 3, fingered 355333.D shapeGm as a D shape: index finger at fret 5, fingered xx5786.A shapeGm as an A shape: barre at fret 10, fingered x1012121110.
Keys Gm belongs to
Gm is diatonic to 24 of the 96 keys this app knows, playing a different role in each.