G chords on piano

About the G chords on piano

All chords on this page share the root G. The plainest of them is G major, built from G–B–D; E minor is its relative minor key.

G appears in C major (V), G major (I), D major (IV), A minor (VII).

Triads are three-note chords, the backbone of most songs. The G triads are G (G–B–D), Gm (G–B♭–D), Gdim (G–B♭–D♭), Gaug (G–B–D♯).

Seventh chords add a fourth note, a seventh above the root, for a richer or more tense sound: G7 (G–B–D–F), Gmaj7 (G–B–D–F♯), Gm7 (G–B♭–D–F), Gdim7 (G–B♭–D♭–F♭), Gm7♭5 (G–B♭–D♭–F), Gm(maj7) (G–B♭–D–F♯), Gaug7 (G–B–D♯–F).

Extended and added-note chords stack a sixth, ninth, eleventh or thirteenth on top. On G: Gadd9 (G–B–D–A), Gm(add9) (G–B♭–D–A), G6 (G–B–D–E), Gm6 (G–B♭–D–E), G9 (G–B–D–F–A), Gm9 (G–B♭–D–F–A), Gmaj9 (G–B–D–F♯–A), G11 (G–B–D–F–A–C), G13 (G–B–D–F–A–E), G7♯9 (G–B–D–F–A♯), G7♭9 (G–B–D–F–A♭), G6/9 (G–B–D–E–A), Gadd11 (G–B–D–C).

Suspended chords replace the third with a second or fourth, so they sound open and unresolved: Gsus2 (G–A–D), Gsus4 (G–C–D), G7sus4 (G–C–D–F), G9sus4 (G–C–D–F–A).

On piano every G chord keeps the same shape when you move it to another root; only the pattern of black and white keys changes. The keyboards show root position; each chord page has every inversion and the fingering for both hands.

Chords marked "diagram only" are less common and do not have their own page yet; the diagram and the notes above are all you need to play them.