G5

G5 is G and D, a power chord. The shape this page opens on is written 355xxx, lowest string first.

Also written G(no 3rd) or G power chord. The same chord either way; which spelling you meet depends on who wrote the chart.

There are 2 common shapes for G5 on the guitar, and 25 derived voicings in the triad family.

In which keys. Every note of G5 belongs to C major (the V), C minor (the v), D major (the IV), D minor (the iv), Eb major (the iii), E minor (the ♭III), F major (the ii), G major (the I), G minor (the i), A minor (the ♭VII), Bb major (the vi) and B minor (the ♭VI).

The common shapes, written lowest string first: 355xxx, x-10-12-x-x-x.

Triad. Three notes across one string set. G5 has 355xxx, xxx033, xx003x, xx0033, x557xx, xx078x, x-x-x-0-8-10, x-x-0-0-8-10.

The common shapes and the derived voicings come from different places, and both are explained in where the chords and the theory come from.