Chords in the key of G major on electric guitar

The key of G major has seven diatonic chords: G, Am, Bm Bm Bm Bm, C, D, Em Em Em Em and F#°. As sevenths: Gmaj7 Gmaj7 Gmaj7 Gmaj7, Am7 Am7 Am7 Am7, Bm7 Bm7 Bm7 Bm7, Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Cmaj7, D7 D7 D7 D7, Em7 Em7 Em7 Em7 and F#m7b5. They come from the G major scale, G, A, B, C, D, E and F#, one on each note. On electric guitar, the shapes below are the seventh chords of every degree, and the tonic one has G in the bass.

On the electric guitar a chord needs only a few clear notes — the amp sustains them and fills the space, so you mute the strings you are not playing and let the tone carry the rest. Plugged into an amp, each chord sustains for as long as you hold it, and the tone — clean or driven — shapes the whole sound.

Seventh chords in G major on electric guitar

I · tonic3 2 0 0 0 2

ii · subdominant× 0 2 0 1 0

iii · tonic× 2 0 2 0 2

IV · subdominant× 3 2 0 0 0

V · dominant× × 0 2 1 2

vi · tonic0 2 0 0 0 0

vii° · dominant2 × 2 2 1 ×

Chords in the key of G major on electric guitar

Seventh chords in G major on electric guitar

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