G5

G1D5

Root and fifth, no third at all — neither major nor minor, which is the point.

on ukulele on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

350033

moderate

Fig. 3

35003x

easy

Fig. 4

3500xx

easy

Fig. 5

35503x

hard

Fig. 6

xx5033

easy

What is true of it

G5 is G and D — 1 and 5 counted from G.

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is 350033: 4 fingers, held at the 3rd fret.

None of them uses an open string, so this chord moves up the neck unchanged — the same shape 1 fret higher is the chord a semitone above.

Where its notes are on the neck

Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

The brass dots are G, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.

With a different note underneath

first inversion

G5/D

xx0033

An inversion is the same chord with a different note lowest. The name changes to a slash name because the bass is what a listener hears as the foundation.

G in other shapes

Gmajor Gmminor Gdimdiminished

C5 C♯5 D♭5 D5 D♯5 E♭5 E5 F5 all 374