# Gm, the G minor guitar chord

G minor almost never shows up as an open chord. It’s usually played as a barre, so this two finger voicing is a gift for early hands, and the sound is dark and hollow. The top two strings stay silent: strum from the low E and stop short, or you’ll drag in notes that don’t belong.

Gm

## How to play it

- Index finger on the A string (5th), 1st fret.
- Ring finger on the low E string (6th), 3rd fret.
- Let the open D string (4th) and G string (3rd) ring.
- Don't strum the B string (2nd) and high E string (1st). They stay silent in this shape.

## 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 Open Minors set:

- [Gm ↔ Em](https://strumhold.com/chords/e-minor/) G minor to E minor [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/E.min.E~G.min.G)
- [Gm ↔ Am](https://strumhold.com/chords/a-minor/) G minor to A minor [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/A.min.A~G.min.G)
- [Gm ↔ Dm](https://strumhold.com/chords/d-minor/) G minor to D minor [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/D.min.D~G.min.G)
- [Gm ↔ Cm](https://strumhold.com/chords/c-minor/) G minor to C minor [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/C.min.C~G.min.G)

## Same root, different color

- [G](https://strumhold.com/chords/g-major/), G major
- [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
- [Gm](https://strumhold.com/chords/g-minor-e-shape/), G minor in E-shape

## 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/E.min.E~G.min.G)