G chord on guitar
G major
G is a major chord with three notes: G, B and D. Learn it first as an open shape: three open strings and three fingers on the frets. Below: where each finger goes, which strings to skip and two more ways to play it.
Strum it and Lark tells you if it is right. The chord detector is free and listens through your mic.
How to play it
- Index on the A string, fret 2
- Middle on the low E string, fret 3
- Ring on the high e string, fret 3
The number in each note head is the finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky.
Strings to skip
Nothing to skip: strum all six strings.
- Shape
- Open shape
- Fingers
- Threeindex, middle and ring
- Strings played
- All six
- Open strings
- Threethe D, G and B strings
- Lowest note
- G2the root, on the low E string
- Frets
- 3 2 0 0 0 3low E to high e, x means skip it
The notes in G
- Groot
- Bmajor third
- Dperfect fifth
A major chord is three notes: the root, a major third and a perfect fifth. B is the major third, four frets above the root. D is the perfect fifth, seven frets above the root.
String by string
- high e string: G4root
- B string: B3major third
- G string: G3root
- D string: D3perfect fifth
- A string: B2major third
- low E string: G2root
Every note of G is in this shape, some of them twice.
Other ways to play it
- Open shape3 2 0 0 3 3Root on the low E string.
- Barre at fret 33 5 5 4 3 3Root on the low E string.
Songs in Lark with G
Seven songs in the library strum G. Open one for the full chord sheet, then play it with Lark and every chord gets checked.
- Bad Moon RisingCreedence Clearwater RevivalDAG5 of 16 strums
- Good RiddanceGreen DayGCadd9D8 of 16 strums
- Knockin' on Heaven's DoorBob DylanGDAmC4 of 16 strums
- Let Her GoPassengerFGAmC9 of 24 strums, capo 7
- Little WingJimi HendrixEmGAmBmBbCFD4 of 24 strums
- More Than WordsExtremeGG/BCadd9Am7CDsus48 of 28 strums
- Stand By MeBen E. KingGEmCD8 of 16 strums, capo 2
Related chords
Other G chords
Relative minor
The relative minor of G is Em. The G major scale uses the same seven notes as the E natural minor scale.
Strum it and Lark tells you if it is right.
Open the chord detector, play G and Lark names the chord it hears, with the notes in it. In the app, the chord book has all 111 chords, string by string.