Guitar chord · Power Chord
G5 chord (G Power Chord)
Powerful rock/metal staple consisting of root and fifth without a third.
Notes GD
Formula 1 5
Shapes 2 on this page
G5 chord shapes
Tap a diagram to strum it. Numbers are fingers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky. Blue dots are the root, G.
STR OP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 E A D G B E
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Tap any note to hear it.
Scales to play over G5
These scales start on G and contain every note of the chord, so they fit when G5 is the chord of the moment.
G Major G Minor G Minor Pentatonic G Major Pentatonic G Blues G Major Blues G Dorian G Phrygian G Lydian G Mixolydian G Harmonic Minor G Phrygian Dominant G Melodic Minor G Lydian Dominant G Half-Whole Diminished G Bebop Dominant G Hungarian Minor G Dorian b2 G Mixolydian b6 G Ukrainian Dorian G Lydian #2 G Harmonic Major G Lydian b3 G Double Harmonic Major G Neapolitan Minor G Neapolitan Major G Augmented G Bebop Major G Bebop Dorian G Yo G Hirajoshi G In G In Sen G Phrygian b4 G Mixolydian b2 G Lydian #2 #6 G Ultraphrygian G Lydian Dominant b6 G Hungarian Major G Tritone G Bebop Melodic Minor G Bebop Harmonic Minor G Egyptian Pentatonic
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Questions
- What notes are in a G5 chord?
- G5 is G, D: the 1, 5 of G.
- How do you play G5 on guitar?
- 6th String Root Power Chord: 3 5 5 x x x; 5th String Root Power Chord: x 10 12 12 x x (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).
- What scale goes with G5?
- Scales on G that contain every note of G5: G Major, G Minor, G Minor Pentatonic, G Major Pentatonic, G Blues, G Major Blues.
Power Chord chords in every key
More G chords
G Gm Gdim G7 Gmaj7 Gm7 Gm(maj7) Gmaj9 G9 Gm9 Gm11 G6 Gm6 Gadd9 Gsus4 Gsus2 G7sus4 G7#9 Gaug Gmaj7#5 Gdim7 Gm7b5 G7b9 G13 G6/9 G11 G9sus4 Gmadd9 Gadd11 Gm6/9 G7#5 G7b5 G7#11 Gmaj13 Gm13 Gmaj11 G9#11 Gmaj9#11 Gmaj7#11 Gm9b5 G7sus4b9 Gm(maj9) G9#5 G9b5 G7b5b9 G7#5b9 G7#5#9 G7b5#9 G7b13 G13b9 G13#11 Gm7#5 Gmaj7b5 Gdim(maj7) Gmadd11