G5

G1D5

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

on guitar on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

023x

open

Fig. 3

0235

easy

Fig. 4

x7aa

easy

What is true of it

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

The easiest of the 3 fingerings below is 023x: 2 fingers, held at the 2nd fret.

1 of them use open strings, which is what makes a shape quiet to change to.

1 string stays silent.

Where its notes are on the neck

Fig. 5 — 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

x235

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