G major has one sharp and is the most-played key on the guitar: G, C, D and Em are all open chords, and a capo on the second fret moves it anywhere. Its chords are G, Am, Bm, C, D, Em and F♯°. The relative minor is E minor, the parallel minor G minor. Country, folk, worship and acoustic pop live here, and so do a lot of campfire songs.
The chords of G major
Seven chords, one on each note of the scale. The three major ones, G, C and D, carry most songs.
G is sounding: G, B and D.
G major
GABCDEF♯
E minor
EF♯GABCD
Make your own in G major
The generator, set to G major. Lock the chords you like, generate the rest, then download it as MIDI.
Chord names with spaces, up to 16.
More in and around G major
- G major: scale, chords and key signature
- E minor chord progressions, its relative minor
- G minor chord progressions, its parallel minor
- Major chord progressions
- The I–V–vi–IV progression
- The I–IV–V progression
- The ii–V–I progression
- Move these chords to another key: the chord transposer
- Which key is your song in? The key finder
Piano sounds by the Salamander Grand Piano (Alexander Holm), CC BY 3.0.
