How To Practice the G minor Chord on the Piano

Do you know which notes are in the G minor chord? In this article, you will learn three different ways to play this chord on the piano.

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What Notes Make up the G minor Chord?

The symbol for the G minor chord is Gm.

The notes of the Gm chord are G – Bb – D.

The Gm chord is a triad because it has three notes: root (G), minor third (Bb), and perfect fifth (D).

The picture below shows how to play the notes of the G minor chord on the piano in root position:

You can see that the first note from the left is G (the root), the second note is Bb (the minor third), and the third note is D (the perfect fifth).

Assuming that you are playing the Gm chord in root position the lowest note is G.

Here is how to remember the notes of the G minor chord:

Start from the first note of the chord (the root) that for the G minor chord is G.
To find the second note of the chord calculate a minor third from the root (Bb).
Then to find the third note of the chord calculate the perfect fifth from the root (D).

This applies if you are playing the G minor chord in root position.

The 1st inversion of the Gm chord starts with the note Bb.

The picture below shows how to play the notes of the G minor chord on the piano in the first inversion:

In the 1st inversion, you shift the root of the Gm chord (G) up one octave compared to the root position.

The notes of the Gm chord in the 1st inversion are Bb – D – G.

The 2nd inversion of the Gm chord starts with the note D.

Below you can see how to play the notes of the second inversion of the G minor chord on the piano:

In the 2nd inversion, you also shift the third of the Gm chord (Bb) up one octave.

The notes of the 2nd inversion of the Gm chord are D – G – Bb.

Given that the Gm chord is a triad (it consists of three notes) there is no 3rd inversion because it would be the same as the root position.

The following articles show you how to play other G chords: