How to Play Guitar: G Chord

Let us move on to our G chord. With the G chord, we play all six strings and this time it is not technically an open chord, although it goes with that family, simply because we actually apply pressure on the G note, which is the 6th string, third fret. Remember how the open E (Demonstration) and it goes to our natural half step of F, and up a whole step to G. This is the root note of our G chord.

To play G Major, we actually start out with this chord with our third finger on the third fret of the 6th string, our second finger on the second fret of the 5th string, and our fourth finger way down here on the third fret of the 1st string. Here is our G Major. (Demonstration)

Now, to switch this shape from Major to Minor, we actually lift up our second finger and apply pressure with our first finger on the first fret of the 5th string. Leave our third finger and our fourth finger in their original positions. Use the tip of your pinky to mute the second string, or you can use your second finger to mute the second string, the B string. (Demonstration) I will switch from G Minor to G-7. We lift up our first finger and bring it down to the first fret of the 1st string. We remove our fourth finger and we apply pressure again with our second finger on the second fret on the 5th string.

For our Major chord, we have our fourth finger on the third fret. This is the same thing, only this time our first finger will be on the first fret of the 1st string. Are you ready for the G-7? Here we go. (Demonstration) Again, practice along. (Demonstration) This is the variation of the chord. (Demonstration)


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