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Drop D tuning

Gm on guitar

Gm is a minor, spelled G, Bb and D. In Drop D tuning (D2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4) the easiest shape is 550333, which sits at fret 3, needs a barre across 3 strings at fret 3 and lets 1 string ring open. 12 positions for it are shown below, from the nut up to fret 15.

Notes and intervals

NoteGBbD
Interval1P3m5P

12 ways to play it

Ordered by how hard they are to fret, easiest first, one per position on the neck. Fret numbers are relative to the position marked beside each grid.

G minor, open position, capo 023
550333sits at fret 3, needs a barre across 3 strings at fret 3 and lets 1 string ring open
G minor, open position, capo 01
0100xxsits at fret 1, needs no stretch at all, lets 3 strings ring open and mutes 2 strings
G minor, position 10, capo 010fr12
x100011xsits at fret 10, spans 1 fret, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 2 strings
G minor, position 5, capo 05fr32
550086sits at fret 5, needs a barre across 2 strings at fret 5 and lets 2 strings ring open
G minor, position 8, capo 08fr3124
x1080810sits at fret 8, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
G minor, position 6, capo 06fr21
xxx086sits at fret 6, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 3 strings
G minor, position 7, capo 07fr213
xx878xsits at fret 7, spans 1 fret and mutes 3 strings
G minor, position 11, capo 011fr1
xx0011xsits at fret 11, needs no stretch at all, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 3 strings
G minor, position 13, capo 013fr1
01300xxsits at fret 13, needs no stretch at all, lets 3 strings ring open and mutes 2 strings
G minor, position 12, capo 012fr21
013012xxsits at fret 12, spans 1 fret, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 2 strings
G minor, position 15, capo 015fr
xx0151515sits at fret 15, needs a barre across 3 strings at fret 15, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 2 strings
G minor, open position, capo 0234
555333sits at fret 3 and needs a barre across 3 strings at fret 3

Keys Gm belongs to

Gm is diatonic to 24 of the 96 keys this app knows, playing a different role in each.

Gm in another tuning

Open Gm in the explorer →