Home G chords for guitar

G Major Guitar Chord

The fundamental chord with a bright, happy and stable sound. Forms the basis of most popular, rock, folk and classical music. Consists of three notes: the root, major third and perfect fifth.

Guitar

G Major chord for guitar – fingering 3–2–0–0–0–3, chord diagram

Strings 3–2–0–0–0–3

How to play the G Major chord on guitar

Read the string pattern 3–2–0–0–0–3 from the low E string to the high E string. Numbers in the pattern are frets; numbers in the colored dots are left-hand fingers. X means a muted string and 0 means an open string.

6th string (low E) Fret 3 · middle finger

5th string (A) Fret 2 · index finger

4th string (D) Play open

3rd string (G) Play open

2nd string (B) Play open

1st string (high E) Fret 3 · ring finger

Notation for G chord

Other names: G major, G maj, G M

Music theory name: major triad

Common name: G major chord

Intervals and tones in G chord

Note	Interval
G	Root
H	Major 3rd
D	Perfect 5th

All Variations

G Major chord for guitar, variation 1

Open

3–2–0–0–0–3

G Major chord for guitar, variation 2 from fret 3

Fret 3

3–5–5–4–3–3

G Major chord for guitar, variation 3 from fret 5

Fret 5

X–X–5–7–8–7

G Major chord for guitar, variation 4 from fret 7

Fret 7

7–10–9–7–8–7

Open

3–X–X–0–1–0

Open

3–2–0–0–3–3

Open

3–X–0–0–0–3

Open

X–1–0–0–0–3

Open

5–5–5–0–0–0

Open

3–2–0–0–0–1

Open

3–2–0–0–3–X

Open

3–X–X–X–X–X

Open

X–X–5–4–3–3

Open

X–5–5–4–X–X

Open

0–2–0–0–3–3

Open

5–5–X–X–2–2

Open

5–X–0–0–0–3

Open

3–X–0–0–3–3

Songs using G

Chci zas v tobě spát

Jiří Schelinger

Síla starejch vín

Kryštof ft. Tomáš Klus

Jaroslav Uhlíř, Zdeněk Svěrák

Morituri te salutant