What notes are in the G# 4 chord?

The G# 4 chord contains the notes G# · C# · F# · B: the root G# with the intervals 1P, 4P, 7m, 10m stacked above it. Play them together for the chord or one after another for an arpeggio. The lowest note is normally G#, but any chord tone can take the bass in an inversion.

What intervals make up the G# 4 chord?

Measured from G#, the G# 4 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 4P, 7m, 10m. The quality of the third and of the seventh, if there is one, is what gives the chord its character; the rest of the notes colour it. Every interval in the formula links to its own page, with its sound.

How do I play the G# 4 chord?

On guitar the most common G# 4 shape is 424422, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play G#3 · C#4 · F#4 · B4 with the right hand, or move the root down into the left hand and keep the rest above it. Every shape on this page plays when you press it.

G# 4 Chord (G#4): Notes, Piano & Guitar

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Voicings on the piano

Voicing	Notes	Play it on your instrument
Closed, root position	G#3 · C#4 · F#4 · B4
Open (drop 2)	F#3 · G#3 · C#4 · B4
Shell	G#3 · C#4 · F#4
Rootless	C#3 · F#3

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Anatomy

G# 4 (G#4) contains the notes G# · C# · F# · B, each with a role measured as an interval from the root.

Read on: how triads are built · seventh chords

Inversions

An inversion of G# 4 puts a chord tone other than G# in the bass; the name after the slash is that bass note.

Where it lives

The keys and the scales G# 4 belongs to.

In which keys

G# 4 is diatonic to 8 keys; the numeral is its degree and the label its harmonic function.

A majorVII4Dominant
F# minorII4Subdominant
E majorIII4Tonic
C# minorV4Dominant
B majorVI4Tonic
G# minorI4Tonic
F# majorII4Subdominant
D# minorIV4Subdominant

Scales that contain it

G# 4 fits inside these scales, each built on G#.

G# Minor PentatonicG# · B · C# · D# · F#
G# Minor BluesG# · B · C# · D · D# · F#
G# MinorG# · A# · B · C# · D# · E · F#
G# DorianG# · A# · B · C# · D# · E# · F#
G# PhrygianG# · A · B · C# · D# · E · F#
G# LocrianG# · A · B · C# · D · E · F#
G# Malkos RagaG# · B · C# · E · F#
G# Locrian PentatonicG# · B · C# · D · F#

Related chords

Chords that share most of their notes with G# 4: simpler and richer stacks of the same notes, and the substitutes a chart would accept.

Richer

G#m11G# · B · D# · F# · A# · C#
G#m7add11G# · B · D# · F# · C#

4 on every root

C4 C#4 Db4 D4 D#4 Eb4 E4 F4 F#4 G4 Ab4 A4 A#4 Bb4 B4

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Understanding the G# 4 chord

Names and symbols

G#4 is the chord symbol for G# 4; it is also written G#quartal.

G# 4 and Ab 4 are the same sound spelled two ways; both have a page here, and each links to the other. Ab 4

Common questions

What notes are in the G# 4 chord?: The G# 4 chord contains the notes G# · C# · F# · B: the root G# with the intervals 1P, 4P, 7m, 10m stacked above it. Play them together for the chord or one after another for an arpeggio. The lowest note is normally G#, but any chord tone can take the bass in an inversion.
What intervals make up the G# 4 chord?: Measured from G#, the G# 4 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 4P, 7m, 10m. The quality of the third and of the seventh, if there is one, is what gives the chord its character; the rest of the notes colour it. Every interval in the formula links to its own page, with its sound.
How do I play the G# 4 chord?: On guitar the most common G# 4 shape is 424422, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play G#3 · C#4 · F#4 · B4 with the right hand, or move the root down into the left hand and keep the rest above it. Every shape on this page plays when you press it.