G minor chordGm

Built from

• Groot
• B♭minor 3rd
• D5th

Lowering the 3rd by one fret is the only difference from major, and it changes the whole mood.

Hear it in a progression

• Epic minor

  Film scores and stadium anthems. In G minor.

  Capo and transpose

  1. Gmi
  2. E♭VI
  3. B♭III
  4. FVII

• Minor cadence

  Dark, then a strong pull home. In G minor.

  Capo and transpose

  1. Gmi
  2. Cmiv
  3. D7V7
  4. Gmi

• Andalusian cadence

  Flamenco and surf rock, stepping down. In G minor.

  Capo and transpose

  1. Gmi
  2. FVII
  3. E♭VI
  4. DV

Where it goes next

Thinking in G minor, where it is the i chord.

• E♭

  VI. Opens up into something bittersweet.

• Cm

  iv. Goes darker still.

• F

  VII. Steps down: a rock and folk staple.

• B♭

  III. Brightens into the relative major.

Sounds close

• E♭maj7

  Shares 3 of its notes. Both have G, B♭ and D.

• B♭

  Its relative major: same key, brighter. Both have B♭ and D.

• E♭

  Shares 2 of its notes. Both have G and B♭.

• C7

  Shares 2 of its notes. Both have G and B♭.

Scales that fit

Notes you can play over this chord, simplest first.

• G minor
• G minor pentatonic
• G blues
• G dorian
• G phrygian
• G harmonic minor

Keys it lives in

• G minoras i
• C minoras v
• D minoras iv
• B♭ majoras vi
• F majoras ii
• E♭ majoras iii