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G minor · E shape
Gm guitar chord
What it is
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G minor major seventh · Open position
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How to play Gm on guitar
The most common way, the first shape above: lay your index finger flat across the six strings at the 3rd fret, your ring finger on the A string at the 5th fret and your little finger on the D string at the 5th fret.
From the low E string 3 5 5 3 3 3 (x: not played, 0: open)
An easier Gm
The full shape is a barre chord, hard at first. This one needs no full barre and sounds much the same: your index finger on the G string at the 3rd fret, your middle finger on the B string at the 3rd fret and your ring finger on the high E string at the 3rd fret. Let the D string ring open. Don’t play the low E and A strings.
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Gm, the easier shape
StandardOpen position · 5th in bass · 4 strings
What notes are in Gm?
Gm, G minor, is G, B♭ and D: the root (G), the minor third (B♭) and the perfect fifth (D). Its formula is 1 ♭3 5.
What is the difference between Gm and G?
One note. Gm has the minor third, B♭; G raises it a half step to B.
Can I play Gm7 instead of Gm?
Usually, yes. Gm7 adds F to the three notes of Gm, which softens it without changing what it does in a song.
What is the relative major of Gm?
B♭: it has the same notes as the key of G minor, and its chord shares two of the three notes of Gm.
Keys with Gm
Gm is the iii chord in E♭ major, the ii chord in F major, the vi chord in B♭ major, the v chord in C minor, the iv chord in D minor and the i chord in G minor.
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