# G♯m, the G♯ minor guitar chord

G♯ minor is the F♯m grip slid up two frets: the index barres all six strings at the 4th fret and the same two fingers hold the minor shape above. It keeps company with the sharp keys, sitting beside B and E in song after song. The barre presses easier this far from the nut, but the frets are narrower, so the grip feels more compact than F♯m did. As with F♯m, the barre alone frets the G string, and that note is the first to die when the index arches. Strum all six and listen for it.

G♯m

## How to play it

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

## Changes to practice

Holding G♯m still is the easy part. Songs need you to _arrive_ at it in rhythm, so in Strumhold you practice G♯m as changes, alongside the rest of the Barres in Every Key set:

- [G♯m ↔ E♭](https://strumhold.com/chords/e-flat-major/) G♯ minor to E♭ major [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/D%23.maj.A~G%23.min.E)
- [G♯m ↔ A♭](https://strumhold.com/chords/a-flat-major/) G♯ minor to A♭ major [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/G%23.maj.E~G%23.min.E)
- [G♯m ↔ F♯](https://strumhold.com/chords/f-sharp-major/) G♯ minor to F♯ major [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/F%23.maj.E~G%23.min.E)
- [G♯m ↔ C♯](https://strumhold.com/chords/c-sharp-major/) G♯ minor to C♯ major [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/C%23.maj.A~G%23.min.E)
- [G♯m ↔ E♭m](https://strumhold.com/chords/e-flat-minor/) G♯ minor to E♭ minor [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/D%23.min.A~G%23.min.E)
- [G♯m ↔ B♭m](https://strumhold.com/chords/b-flat-minor/) G♯ minor to B♭ minor [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/A%23.min.A~G%23.min.E)
- [G♯m ↔ Fm](https://strumhold.com/chords/f-minor/) G♯ minor to F minor [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/F.min.E~G%23.min.E)

## Same root, different color

- [A♭](https://strumhold.com/chords/a-flat-major/), A♭ major
- [A♭7](https://strumhold.com/chords/a-flat-7/), A♭ dominant 7
- [G♯m7](https://strumhold.com/chords/g-sharp-minor-7/), G♯ minor 7
- [A♭maj7](https://strumhold.com/chords/a-flat-major-7/), A♭ 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 G♯m in the app](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/D%23.maj.A~G%23.min.E)