G Chord Guitar Lesson | G Chord Variations
How to play G chord on Guitar
Want to check out G chord different
position and G chord variations on Guitar?
Yes, you are
at the right place.
In this
lesson I am going to explain you different variations to play G major chord on Guitar also why each
of these G major chords are
extremely important and in what scenario you will use each one of these G chords on guitar.
It's kind of
this problem and I ran into when i was starting to play guitar and still due to
a situation where you're looking at a song and check maybe the chord sheet or
something like that and you see the tabs maybe and it called for G chord and you're like but wait that's
not the G chord that I know. Is
there more than one G chord to play
on Guitar?
Well the
answer is YES there are more than one G
chord which can play on guitar.
Then again
the question is if there are more than one G
chord then how do I know which one to use?
Now first
let me say this G chord is a G chord
and is actually a G chord it may
sound differently but YES it a G chord
only.
All of these
G chord variations on Guitar I am going to teach you in this lesson and
they will suffice, however each one of these G chords has little different new answers to that actually make it
excel in certain situations and that is what I am going to share with you in
these G chord Variations on Guitar
lesson.
so without any
further delay let's dive into the after shapes so I am going to name these
shaped these artificial names these are just names that i want to share with
you that may help you remember each of these different fingering patterns so
the first the shape you chord that I am going to show you is what i like to
call the open G Chord
1.
Open G Chord on Guitar:
For this G chord particular shape your pinky is
going to hit the high string on the third fret, your ring finger the B string
on the third fret your middle finger will reach up and grab the third fret of
the lowest ring and your index finger it will grab the second fret of the fifth
string and now strum to play this pattern of G chord on Guitar.
That's a actual
shape for Open G chord on Guitar.
2.
Modified Open G Chord:
There's a
quick modification in actual G chord
shape, which I want to show. To get this modified new G chord shape you’ll make the angle with your middle finger so as
to mute fifth string and lift up your index finger to make G chord more useful.
This pattern
of G chord is actually sounds nice
and is been followed as per the requirement. Also in this pattern your index
finger is free to pick any note on the left side and even you can switch and
play a lot of famous melodies in between strumming.
3.
Finger Picking G chord pattern on
Guitar:
let's move
on to the next shape of G chord on
guitar, I like to call the finger picking G
Chord so this will have your pinky finger again on the third fret of the
high E string your ring finger this time will shoot up to the low E string
third fret and your middle finger at the second fret of the A string. This is
what I would like to call the finger picking G Chord on Guitar.
This G chord pattern is my favorite as this G chord shape allows your pinky finger
and my index finger to move and find melody notes on the High E, B and even the
G string; basically this G chord pattern
on guitar gives us flexibility to switch from the strumming to finger picking
smoothly.
That's pretty
common G chord pattern on Guitar, when
that's usually what folks learned there's a couple variations of every G chord
but I am not going to get into every variation of every G chord here I am just going to share with you the different G chord positions which i like to use
the most and again the reasons why they exist and the forth G chord shape I want to share with you
is probably the least favorite of all new and beginner Guitarist that is Barre G chord but it actually has some
really powerful uses.
4.
Barre (Bar) G Chord on Guitar:
One of the
strong reason why Bar G chord is so
powerful is just as it gives you control to sustain the string sound and
the muting effect to mute all strings at once in a controlled fashion while
strumming G chord with bar on
Guitar.
Let’s move
on to the position of bar G chord shape where you're index finger bars
everything from the low string all the way to the high E string on and the
third fret, your ring finger will grab the fifth fret of the A string pinky finger
on the fifth fret of the D string and middle finger and the fourth fret of the G
string and that's going to be your bar G chord.
5.
Alternative 1 of Bar G chord on
Guitar:
If you find
difficult to play this bar shape G chord
don't worry, you can still reach the benefits of this particular G chord on guitar.
For this new G chord
shape you just need not to put a complete bar on the third fret however you can
suffice the requirement by putting small bar on just first string and the second
string with your index finger, your middle finger on the forth fret third
string and your ring finger on the fifth fret forth string. It’s a three finger
picking pattern of G chord in G bar Chord fret position.
You can
also take advantage of Bar G chord bar muting effect by just playing four high
strings while strumming on guitar.
6.
Alternative 2 of Bar G chord on
Guitar:
To play this
pattern of G chord you need to
follow F chord pattern starting from third fret.
Your index finger put half bar
on string one and two on third fret, your middle finger on third string forth
fret, your ring finger on fifth string fifth fret and your pinky finger on
forth string fifth fret. Hold this position and strum to play G chord correctly on Guitar.
7.
Power E Chord on Guitar:
Let’s check
out Power G chord on guitar, well based
on your interest, resonating effect and requirement you can play that what we call the power chord
version of G chord by just focusing
on low three strings on guitar. To get this G chord position you need to put
your index finger on the third fret sixth string your ring finger on the fifth
fret fifth string and your pinky finger on the fifth fret forth string.
8.
Bar G Chord Position 2 on Guitar:
This is another position and least famous G chord where you can play bar G chord on Guitar; this G chord is
positioned on high frets on Guitar and has high pitch.
To pick this pattern your index finger need to place complete
bar on the eleventh fret, your middle finger on twelfth fret forth string, ring
finger on twelfth fret third string and pinky on twelfth fret second string.
I hope you have enjoyed the lesson and this
lesson helped you understanding different G chord position and G chord pattern
relevance and you will be able to choose the pattern as per your expertise.
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Happy G Chord on Guitar Learning!!!
