Minor Triad · GUITAR FRETBOARD
G Minor Triad on the guitar fretboard
All 35 positions of the G Minor Triad (R 3 7) on a standard-tuned guitar with 22 frets.
Notes and intervals
The G Minor Triad is built from these tones — each shown with its interval (in semitones) above the root:
- G · R
- A♯ · 3
- D · 7
All positions on the neck
- 1st (high E) string · fret 3 · R
- 1st (high E) string · fret 6 · 3
- 1st (high E) string · fret 10 · 7
- 1st (high E) string · fret 15 · R
- 1st (high E) string · fret 18 · 3
- 1st (high E) string · fret 22 · 7
- 2nd (B) string · fret 3 · 7
- 2nd (B) string · fret 8 · R
- 2nd (B) string · fret 11 · 3
- 2nd (B) string · fret 15 · 7
- 2nd (B) string · fret 20 · R
- 3rd (G) string · open string (fret 0) · R
- 3rd (G) string · fret 3 · 3
- 3rd (G) string · fret 7 · 7
- 3rd (G) string · fret 12 · R
- 3rd (G) string · fret 15 · 3
- 3rd (G) string · fret 19 · 7
- 4th (D) string · open string (fret 0) · 7
- 4th (D) string · fret 5 · R
- 4th (D) string · fret 8 · 3
- 4th (D) string · fret 12 · 7
- 4th (D) string · fret 17 · R
- 4th (D) string · fret 20 · 3
- 5th (A) string · fret 1 · 3
- 5th (A) string · fret 5 · 7
- 5th (A) string · fret 10 · R
- 5th (A) string · fret 13 · 3
- 5th (A) string · fret 17 · 7
- 5th (A) string · fret 22 · R
- 6th (low E) string · fret 3 · R
- 6th (low E) string · fret 6 · 3
- 6th (low E) string · fret 10 · 7
- 6th (low E) string · fret 15 · R
- 6th (low E) string · fret 18 · 3
- 6th (low E) string · fret 22 · 7
About the Minor Triad
A minor triad keeps the perfect fifth (7) but lowers the third to a minor third (3 semitones), giving the darker minor sound. The root, ♭3 and 5 of G minor recur across the fretboard and underpin minor chords and arpeggios.
Practice tips
Anchor every shape to its root — the gold R markers — and learn the distance to the other tones. The same shape transposes to any root by sliding it along the neck.
Open the interactive trainer and tap every G Minor Triad tone across all six strings until the shape is automatic.