# Gm, the G minor in E-shape guitar chord

This is the same G minor you play as an open chord, built a second way: the minor grip of the E shape with the barre at the 3rd fret. Every string is fretted, so nothing rings open and the whole chord moves when your hand does. If F♯m is already under your fingers, slide the grip up one fret and you’re there; it gets a little easier too, since the strings press down more willingly the further the barre sits from the nut. Learning a chord you already know sounds like wasted work, but this shape is the one that travels: every fret up the neck is another minor chord with no new fingering to learn.

Gm

## How to play it

- Index finger flattened across the low E string (6th), G string (3rd), B string (2nd) and high E string (1st), 3rd fret.
- Ring finger on the A string (5th), 5th fret.
- Pinky on the D string (4th), 5th fret.

## Changes to practice

Holding Gm still is the easy part. Songs need you to _arrive_ at it in rhythm, so in Strumhold you practice Gm as changes, alongside the rest of the E-shape Barres set:

- [Gm ↔ F](https://strumhold.com/chords/f-major/) G minor in E-shape to F major [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/F.maj.E~G.min.E)
- [Gm ↔ F♯m](https://strumhold.com/chords/f-sharp-minor/) G minor in E-shape to F♯ minor [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/F%23.min.E~G.min.E)

## Same root, different color

- [G](https://strumhold.com/chords/g-major/), G major
- [Gm](https://strumhold.com/chords/g-minor/), G minor
- [G7](https://strumhold.com/chords/g-7/), G dominant 7
- [Gm7](https://strumhold.com/chords/g-minor-7/), G minor 7
- [Gmaj7](https://strumhold.com/chords/g-major-7/), G major 7

## Hear yourself get faster

Strumhold listens to your guitar through your device's mic, a headset, or a line-in from your audio interface. You drill a chord change to a metronome and it scores every single change. Free, no account, works offline.

[Drill Gm in the app](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/F.maj.E~G.min.E)