G#5 chord
G#5 chord for guitar with diagrams, fingerings and notes.
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G#5 is equivalent to A flat 5th. It's usually played as a movable shape with the bass note on the 6th or 5th string.
Shown in the Fingerings diagram is a two-finger movable shape, involving only two strings, also common is the three-finger shape including the little finger.
As shown in Notes diagram, two notes are included, the root (G#) and the 5th (D#), in the similar three-finger shape the root is doubled one octave higher.
Notice that the diagram starts at the 4th fret rather than the 1st fret.
Short notation: X46XXX.
Chord structure
The chord consists of two notes. The notes represent the root and perfect fifth. Notice that the root is sometimes doubled.
Chord name
G#5 is an abbreviation for G sharp fifth, also known as G sharp power chord.
Notes
The notes that the G#5 chord consists of are G# and D#.
Chord progressions
G#5 - A#5 - D#5
Inversions
G#5/D# (means that D# is the bass note).
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