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Fig. 1 · Gm · open

ukulele chord

Gm

G1B♭♭3D5

The major triad with its third lowered by a half step.

on guitaron pianothe scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

0231

open

5
Fig. 3

x765

easy

10
Fig. 4

caaa

hard

10
Fig. 5

caax

easy

What is true of it

Gm is G, B♭ and D — 1, b3 and 5 counted from G.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 3, the 5 goes first, in that order.

The easiest of the 4 fingerings below is 0231: 3 fingers, held at the 1st fret.

1 of them use open strings, which is what makes a shape quiet to change to.

Where its notes are on the neck

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Fig. 6 — first 12 frets

The brass dots are G, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.

With a different note underneath

2
first inversion

Gm/B♭

323x

second inversion

Gm/D

x231

An inversion is the same chord with a different note lowest. The name changes to a slash name because the bass is what a listener hears as the foundation.

G in other shapes

GmajorGdimdiminishedGaugaugmentedG5power chordGsus2suspended secondGsus4suspended fourth

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