CHORD REFERENCE

G♯ Major

G♯ – B♯ – D♯1 3 5

Also written A♭ — the same pitches spelled the other way.

The G♯ Major chord and everything around it — the notes and how they are built, the shape on piano and guitar, the sound, and the keys it belongs to.

Notes
G♯1B♯3D♯5

G♯ is G#, B#, D# — the 1, 3 and 5 above the root G♯.

Piano
B♯G♯D♯
Guitar

Ways to play it

E-shape barre — 4th fret
4fr

Guitar — every position (frets 0–12)

357912eG♯B♯D♯BB♯D♯G♯GG♯B♯D♯DD♯G♯B♯AB♯D♯G♯EG♯B♯D♯

Root notes are red. The shapes above are movable — an E-shape has its root on the low E string, an A-shape on the A string. any group of these notes on the neck sounds the chord.

Ukulele (standard G–C–E–A)

357912AB♯D♯G♯EG♯B♯D♯CB♯D♯G♯B♯GG♯B♯D♯

Every position of the chord tones on the ukulele neck — any group that sounds only G#, B#, D# plays the chord.

In which keys

G♯ is a diatonic chord in these keys:

VC♯ majorIVE♭ majorIA♭ major♭VIC minor♭IIIF minor♭VIIB♭ minor
Other G♯ chords

Triads

G♯mMinorG♯5Power Chord (5)G♯dimDiminishedG♯augAugmentedG♯sus2Suspended 2ndG♯sus4Suspended 4th

Sixths & sevenths

G♯6Major 6thG♯m6Minor 6thG♯7Dominant 7thG♯maj7Major 7thG♯m7Minor 7thG♯m(maj7)Minor–Major 7thG♯dim7Diminished 7thG♯m7♭5Half-Diminished (m7♭5)G♯7sus47sus4

Altered dominants

G♯7♭57♭5G♯7♯57♯5 (Augmented 7th)G♯7♭97♭9G♯7♯97♯9 (Hendrix Chord)

Extended & added

G♯add9Added 9thG♯6/96/9G♯9Dominant 9thG♯maj9Major 9thG♯m9Minor 9thG♯11Dominant 11thG♯13Dominant 13th
Major on another root
CC♯D♭DE♭EFF♯G♭GA♭G♯AB♭B
Keep exploring

Work out the chords of a whole key with the Scale & Chord Finder, name a chord from its notes with the Chord Identifier, or browse every chord tool. The theory behind how chords are built is in the free Cloud Atelier music guides.