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Gm/A Guitar Chord

A chord with a sad, melancholic character. Differs from major by its lowered third. Used across all genres for emotional expression — from ballads through rock to jazz. This is a slash chord — the bass note is A instead of the root.

Guitar

Strings X–0–0–3–3–3

How to play the Gm/A chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–0–0–3–3–3 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) Muted
5th string (A) Open
4th string (D) Open
3rd string (G) Fret 3 · index finger
2nd string (B) Fret 3 · index finger
1st string (high E) Fret 3 · index finger

Other names for the Gm/A chord

Other names: G minor, Gmin, G-

Music theory name: minor triad

Common name: G minor chord

Notes and intervals in the Gm/A chord

Note Interval
G Root
Bb Minor 3rd
D Perfect 5th
A Bass note

All variations

Open
X–0–0–3–3–3
Fret 3
X–0–5–3–3–3
Fret 3
X–0–5–3–3–6
Fret 3
5–5–5–3–3–3

More chords with G as the root

The same chord type in other keys

Songs using Gm/A

Paranoid Android
Radiohead
Chybíš
Jaro Dolník