March 2025

The G minor arpeggio uses 3 notes from the G minor scale. The first note G, the flat third note A#, and the fifth note D. These same 3 notes create the G minor chord or triad when played in unison.

The red dots of the diagram represent the root notes.

These diagrams break the G minor Arpeggio down into 5 patterns.

G Minor Arpeggio Guitar Tab

The note formula for the Minor Pentatonic Scale is the 1, 3♭, 4, 5, and 7♭ notes of the root note’s major scale scale. The notes used in the C minor pentatonic scale are: C (1st or root), E♭ (flat 3rd), F (4th), G (5th), and B♭ (flat 7th).

C Minor Pentatonic Scale Guitar Tabs

D|------------------------------------10--13------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------8--11----------11--8-----------------------------|
G|----------------------8--10------------------------10--8----------------------|
D|------------5--8--10--------------------------------------10--8--5------------|
G|--5--8--10----------------------------------------------------------10--8--5--|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

D|--------------------------------------10--------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------8--11------11--8-------------------------------|
G|------------------------8--10--------------------10--8------------------------|
D|-----------------8--10----------------------------------10--8-----------------|
G|------8--10--12------------------------------------------------12--10--8------|
D|--10----------------------------------------------------------------------10--|

e|--------------------------------------------1--3--4--|
B|--------------------------------------2--5-----------|
G|-----------------------------1--4--5-----------------|
D|--------------------2--3--5--------------------------|
A|-----------2--3--4-----------------------------------|
E|--1--3--4--------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------9--10--9------------------------|
D|-------------9--10--11------------11--10--9-------------|
A|--8--10--11----------------------------------11--10--8--|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------5--6--5--------------------|
G|-----------4--5--6-----------6--5--4-----------|
D|--3--5--6-----------------------------6--5--3--|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------12--13--12--------------------------|
B|--------------12--13--14--------------14--13--12--------------|
G|--10--12--13--------------------------------------13--12--10--|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|

e|--1--|
B|--0--|
G|--0--|
D|--0--|
A|--2--|
E|--3--|

e|--3--|
B|--3--|
G|--4--|
D|--3--|
A|--5--|
E|--3--|

e|--7--|
B|--6--|
G|--4--|
D|--5--|
A|-----|
E|-----|

e|--7--|
B|--6--|
G|--7--|
D|--5--|
A|-----|
E|-----|

e|------|
B|--8---|
G|--10--|
D|--9---|
A|--10--|
E|------|

e|--10--|
B|--12--|
G|--10--|
D|--12--|
A|--10--|
E|------|

G Major Barre Chords

G Minor Barre Chords

Barre Chords by Root Note

e|--------------------------------------------5--7--8--|
B|--------------------------------------6--9-----------|
G|-----------------------------5--8--9-----------------|
D|--------------------6--7--9--------------------------|
A|-----------6--7--8-----------------------------------|
E|--5--7--8--------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------1--2--1--------------------|
D|-----------1--2--3-----------3--2--1-----------|
A|--0--2--3-----------------------------3--2--0--|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------9--10--9----------------------|
G|------------8--9--10------------10--9--8------------|
D|--7--9--10--------------------------------10--9--7--|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------4--5--4--------------------|
B|-----------4--5--6-----------6--5--4-----------|
G|--2--4--5-----------------------------5--4--2--|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

The diagrams below show how to play major and minor barre chords in standard tuning. The curved lines shown in the diagrams indicate the notes that are barred (fretted using one finger).

Major Barre Chord Forms

Root notes on 6th and 5th Strings

Guitar Tab example of a chord progression using Major Barre Chords

   G           C           D                       
e|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|
B|-3--3--3--3--5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|
G|-4--4--4--4--5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|
D|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|
A|-5--5--5--5--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|
E|-3--3--3--3-------------------------------------|

Minor Barre Chord Forms

Root notes on 6th and 5th Strings

The guitar tab below is a similar chord progression with a minor barre chord (Em) included. Notice how the use of minor chords give progressions a different sound and feel.

   G           C           Em          D           
e|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--7--7--7--7--5--5--5--5-|
B|-3--3--3--3--5--5--5--5--8--8--8--8--7--7--7--7-|
G|-4--4--4--4--5--5--5--5--9--9--9--9--7--7--7--7-|
D|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--9--9--9--9--7--7--7--7-|
A|-5--5--5--5--3--3--3--3--7--7--7--7--5--5--5--5-|
E|-3--3--3--3-------------------------------------|

Barre Chords by Root Note

e|--3--|
B|--0--|
G|--0--|
D|--1--|
A|--3--|
E|-----|

e|--3--|
B|--4--|
G|--4--|
D|--5--|
A|--3--|
E|-----|

e|--7--|
B|--4--|
G|--5--|
D|--5--|
A|-----|
E|-----|

e|-----|
B|--8--|
G|--8--|
D|--9--|
A|--x--|
E|--8--|

e|--8---|
B|--8---|
G|--8---|
D|--9---|
A|--10--|
E|--8---|

e|--11--|
B|--12--|
G|--12--|
D|--10--|
A|------|
E|------|

Different chord voicings become playable where they would be near impossible to play in standard or other tunings.

The list below gives tunings from standard guitar tuning as well as many others to experiment with. The first note of each tuning listed below represents the 6th or lowest string (low to high).

Standard Tuning

E – A – D – G – B – E (standard)

Eb – Ab – Db – Gb – Bb – Eb (standard a half step down)

How to Tune a Guitar to Standard Tuning

Dropped Tunings

Dropped tunings are popular guitar tunings in rock and metal music.

These tunings allow the guitarist to create a power chord by barring one finger on the 3 low strings at the same fret. The lower a dropped tuning is the guitar strings will get looser and can rattle on pickups or frets. Some guitars will need to be intonated to prevent this.

Dropped D = D A D G B E

Dropped C = C G C F A D

Dropped G = G D G C E A

Dropped A = A E A D F# B

Open Tunings

Open tunings tune the guitar to the same notes of a chord so when all the strings are played open they play a major or minor chord. Open tunings are popular for slide guitar because you can hold the slide on all the strings and modify finger position easily.

Open C = C G C G C E

Open D = D A D F# A D

Open D minor = D A D F A D

Open G = D G D G B D

Open G minor = D G D G A# D

Open A = E A C# E A E

Modal and Other Tunings

Modal Tunings are similar to open tunings but don’t tune to a minor or major chord – modal tunings typically tune to a suspended or other chord form.

Modal D or Dsus4 = D A D G A D

Modal G or Gsus4 = D G D G C D

D5 power chord = D A D D A D

E5 power chord = E B E E B E

e|--5--|
B|--5--|
G|--5--|
D|--3--|
A|--5--|
E|-----|

e|--12--|
B|--13--|
G|--10--|
D|--12--|
A|------|
E|------|

e|--12--|
B|--10--|
G|--10--|
D|--10--|
A|--12--|
E|--10--|