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Gm on guitar

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

NoteGBbD
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 minor, open position, capo 02134
310033sits at fret 1, spans 2 frets and lets 2 strings ring open
G minor, open position, capo 023
355333sits at fret 3 and needs a barre across 6 strings at fret 3
G minor, position 5, capo 05fr21
6500xxsits at fret 5, spans 1 fret, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 2 strings
G minor, position 10, capo 010fr12
x100011xsits at fret 10, spans 1 fret, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 2 strings
G minor, position 8, capo 08fr3124
x1080810sits at fret 8, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
G minor, position 13, capo 013fr2134
1513001515sits at fret 13, spans 2 frets and lets 2 strings ring open
G minor, position 6, capo 06fr21
xxx086sits at fret 6, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 3 strings
G minor, position 7, capo 07fr213
xx878xsits at fret 7, spans 1 fret and mutes 3 strings
G minor, position 11, capo 011fr1
xx0011xsits at fret 11, needs no stretch at all, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 3 strings
G minor, position 12, capo 012fr3214
151301215xsits at fret 12, spans 3 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
G minor, position 15, capo 015fr
xx0151515sits at fret 15, needs a barre across 3 strings at fret 15, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 2 strings
G minor, open position, capo 0213
31003xsits 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.

G minor, open position, capo 023
E shapeGm as an E shape: barre at fret 3, fingered 355333.
G minor, position 5, capo 05fr1342
D shapeGm as a D shape: index finger at fret 5, fingered xx5786.
G minor, position 10, capo 010fr342
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.

Gm in another tuning

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