G♯m7, the G♯ minor 7 guitar chord
G♯m7 is the open Em7 grip up at the 4th fret, so the chart starts there instead of at the nut. It is G♯m with the pinky lifted off the D string. That string sounds under the barre alone now, and it is the first to go quiet when the index arches. The chord lives in the key of E, sitting between the home chord and the F♯m most songs pass through. Strings press down more easily this far from the nut, but the frets are narrower, so keep the ring finger tucked just behind the 6th fret.
How to play it
- Index finger flattened across the low E string (6th), D string (4th), G string (3rd), B string (2nd) and high E string (1st), 4th fret.
- Ring finger on the A string (5th), 6th fret.
Changes to practice
Holding G♯m7 still is the easy part. Songs need you to arrive at it in rhythm, so in Strumhold you practice G♯m7 as changes, alongside the rest of the Barre Minor 7ths set:
- G♯m7 ↔ Bm7 G♯ minor 7 to B minor 7 Drill
- G♯m7 ↔ C♯m7 G♯ minor 7 to C♯ minor 7 Drill
- G♯m7 ↔ Fm7 G♯ minor 7 to F minor 7 Drill
- G♯m7 ↔ F♯m7 G♯ minor 7 to F♯ minor 7 Drill
- G♯m7 ↔ B♭m7 G♯ minor 7 to B♭ minor 7 Drill
- G♯m7 ↔ E♭m7 G♯ minor 7 to E♭ minor 7 Drill