Banjo Gm chord (C Tuning)G minor on the 5-string banjo: 2 3 3 5, and 5 more shapes

Gm chord chart for 5-string banjo in C Tuning tuning: 2 3 3 5, from the 2nd fret, with the short 5th string marked
Gm (G minor) on the 5-string banjo, C Tuning: 2 3 3 5, string 4 to string 1. Fingers are numbered on the dots; copper marks the root; the green ring on the left is the 5th string, solid when it’s in the chord.

Frets, string 4 to string 1: 2 3 3 5 (from the 2nd fret)

  1. String 4 (C): 2nd fret, index finger, D
  2. String 3 (G): 3rd fret, middle finger, B♭
  3. String 2 (B): 3rd fret, ring finger, D
  4. String 1 (D): 5th fret, little finger, G
  5. String 5, the short g: open, G, in the chord

Sounds: D B♭ D G  ·  Gm is G, B♭, D (1 · ♭3 · 5)

Found in: C mixolydian (v), G dorian (i), C dorian (v), G minor (i), D minor (iv), C minor (v)

The 5th string: the short g is the root of Gm, so let it ring.

C Tuning tuning: gCGBD, the short 5th string first, then strings 4 to 1.

Hear it in the app ›

The link can’t set the tuning: the app starts in open G. Choose C Tuning once in its Settings and it remembers.

More Gm shapes

  1. 123gDB♭DD2 3 3 0
    open · 5th string completes it
  2. 7fr1123gGDGB♭7 7 8 8
    7fr
  3. 10fr1324gB♭GB♭D10 12 11 12
    10fr
  4. 12fr2341gDB♭DD14 15 15 12
    12fr · 5th string completes it
  5. 14fr123gDB♭DD14 15 15 0
    14fr · 5th string completes it

Other G chords in C Tuning

GGmG7Gm7Gmaj7G6Gsus4Gsus2GdimGaug

Other minor chords

GmAmDmCmBmEmFmB♭mE♭mF♯mC♯mA♭m

Gm in other tunings

Open GDouble CSawmillOpen D

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