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Open G Chords; four 4 strings tuned to G-D-G-B or D-G-B-D

Chord Name	Fret Possition (GDgb)	Alternate	Fret Possition (DGdb)	Alternate
A	2-2-2-2	6-7-6-5	2-2-2-2	7-6-5-7
Am	2-2-2-1	9-11-9-10	2-2-1-2	10-9-10-10
A#(Bb)	3-3-3-3	7-8-7-6	3-3-3-3	8-7-6-8
A#m (Bbm)	3-3-2-3	6-8-6-7	3-3-2-3	8-6-6-8
B	4-4-4-4	11-9-8-7	4-4-4-4	9-7-7-9
Bm	4-4-4-3	7-9-7-7	4-4-3-4	9-7-7-9
C	5-5-5-5	0-2-0-1	5-5-5-5	2-0-1-2
Cm	5-5-5-4	0-1-0-1 or, 9-10-9-8	5-5-4-5
C# (Db)	6-6-6-6	1-3-1-2 or, 10-11-10-9	6-6-6-6	3-1-2-3 or, 11-10-9-11
C#m (Dbm)	6-6-6-5	1-2-1-2 or, 9-11-9-9	6-6-5-6	2-3-2-2 or, 11-9-9-11
D	7-7-7-7	2-4-2-3 or, 11-12-11-10	7-7-7-7	0-2-3-4 or, 12-11-10-12
Dm	7-7-7-6	2-3-2-3 or, 10-12-10-10	7-7-6-7	0-2-3-3 or, 12-10-10-12
D# (Eb)	8-8-8-8	1-1-2-3 or, 7-8-7-9	8-8-8-8
D#m (Ebm)	8-8-8-7	4-3-4-3 or, 11-13-11-11	8-8-7-8	4-3-4-4 or, 8-8-7-8
E	9-9-9-9	1-2-1-0 or, 4-6-4-5	9-9-9-9	2-1-0-2 or, 6-4-5-6
Em	9-9-9-8	1-0-1-0 or, 4-6-4-5	9-9-8-9	2-0-0-2 or, 5-4-5-5
F	10-10-10-10	2-3-2-1 or; 5-7-5-6	10-10-10-10	3-2-1-3 or; 7-5-6-7
Fm	10-10-10-9	1-3-1-1 or; 5-7-5-6	10-10-9-10	3-1-2-3 or; 7-5-6-7
F# (Gb)	11-11-11-11	3-4-3-2 or; 6-8-6-7	11-11-11-11	4-3-2-4 or;8-6-7-8
F#m (Gbm)	3-4-3-2	2-4-2-2 or; 6-7-6-7	4-3-2-4	4-3-2-4 or; 7-6-7-7
G	0-0-0-0	4-5-4-3 or; 7-9-7-8 or; 12-12-12-12	0-0-0-0	5-4-3-5 or; 5-7-0-5 or; 9-7-8-9 or; 12-12-12-12
Gm	3-5-3-3	0-0-3-3 or; 12-12-12-11	5-3-3-5	12-12-11-12
G# (Ab)	1-1-1-1	5-6-5-4	1-1-1-1	6-5-4-6
G#m (Abm)	1-1-1-0	4-6-4-4	1-1-0-1	6-4-4-6

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Permalink Reply by Alice Saxe on May 7, 2012 at 10:56am

This is wonderful -- if only I could print it.

Permalink Reply by thehandcoder on May 29, 2012 at 12:39pm

I converted this page to a PDF so people can easily download and print it. The PDF is attached.

Attachments:

Open G.pdf, 81 KB

Permalink Reply by Grease Stains on May 29, 2012 at 12:59pm

thank you very much Handcoder, i think a lot of people will find that extremely useful!

Permalink Reply by Domino on August 30, 2012 at 3:37am

Here's my version of the various G chords available on GDGB tuning in the first 15 frets. I've limited it to 100% tone chords and what should be movable shapes. I've included inversions so there's between 1 and 8 shapes per chord. Chord symbols, treble clef and tab are shown for each shape. Hope it's useful to you!

Attachments:

GDGBChords.pdf, 80 KB

Permalink Reply by Grease Stains on September 18, 2012 at 12:05pm

wow! thanks Domino, people will find that very useful!

Permalink Reply by Craig Mayhem on April 25, 2013 at 7:05am

DGbd CHORDS

Not all of these are from here. A couple are from THE INTERNET. I hope they're all correct

Permalink Reply by Grease Stains on July 21, 2013 at 1:03pm

Craig, I'm slow as shit but i have charts in the works. If you didn't make these, please let me know so i can delete them. I'll not steal other peoples work. If you made them, let me know, as I'd like to post them as charts seeing they're clear and easy to read. I'd like to use them, IF you made them and will allow me.

You may have missed the point of this group, rather than sift Through the internet, a member may come to the nation, and find their needed chords here. Some people are not net savvy enough to find what you have, believe it or not. If you're willing to help me build a library within the nation I'd more ant welcome the help. If you're here to mock and be a pest, I'll simply delete and remove everything useless.

Looking Forward to an answer.

Permalink Reply by Loco on April 25, 2013 at 12:08pm

this will come in handy once i finish my baritone CBU and tune it to open g

Permalink Reply by jose garcia paredes on January 31, 2017 at 1:16am

what is the best option? more easy play chords, and more versatile tuning? thanks ;)

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