HOW TO PLAY
G# Minor
From your perspective:
STEP BY STEP
How to play a G# Minor chord on the guitar
- Make a barre with your first finger on the fourth fret.
- Put your second finger on the sixth fret of the fifth string.
- Put your third finger on the sixth fret of the fourth string.
- Play all six strings.
THEORY
G# Minor is a minor triad, three notes stacked on top of one another. The root, a minor third, and a perfect fifth:
In addition to being the root of G# Minor, it is also the vi chord of B Major.
Here are those notes on a piano keyboard:
Here is how those notes are actually distributed across your fretboard in this version of G# Minor:
HOW IT’S USED
You’ll frequently encounter G#m as the vi chord of B Major. Here is that classic I-V-vi-IV:
B
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F#
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G#m
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E
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In the key of G# Minor itself, with a little respelling, those chords become the III, VII, i, and VI. You might see them arranged like so:
G#m
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E
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B
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F#
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Let’s get rid of those major chords, though. Moving from the diminished ii°, to the v, and back to the i:
A#dim7
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D#m
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G#m
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You can also play the dimished chord as ‘half-diminished’ seventh—a little gentler:
A#m7b5
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D#m
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G#m
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You might also see a i-iv-VII:
G#m
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C#m
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F#
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SEE ALSO
Chords that frequently accompany G#m in the key of B Major:
More important chords in the key of G# Minor:
