What notes are in the G# madd4 chord?

The G# madd4 chord contains the notes G# · B · C# · D#: the root G# with the intervals 1P, 3m, 4P, 5P 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# madd4 chord?

Measured from G#, the G# madd4 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3m, 4P, 5P. 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# madd4 chord?

On guitar the most common G# madd4 shape is 441444, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play G#3 · B3 · C#4 · D#4 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# Madd4 Chord (G#madd4): Notes, Piano & Guitar

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Voicings on the piano

Voicing	Notes	Play it on your instrument
Closed, root position	G#3 · B3 · C#4 · D#4
Open (drop 2)	C#3 · G#3 · B3 · D#4

Tap a key or a fret to hear it.

Anatomy

G# madd4 (G#madd4) contains the notes G# · B · C# · D#, each with a role measured as an interval from the root.

Read on: how triads are built

Inversions

An inversion of G# madd4 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# madd4 belongs to.

In which keys

G# madd4 is diatonic to 6 keys; the numeral is its degree and the label its harmonic function.

E majoriiiadd4Tonic
C# minorvadd4Dominant
B majorviadd4Tonic
G# minoriadd4Tonic
F# majoriiadd4Subdominant
D# minorivadd4Subdominant

Scales that contain it

G# madd4 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# Vietnamese 1G# · B · C# · D# · E
G# Minor Sixth PentatonicG# · B · C# · D# · E#
G# Dorian b2G# · A · B · C# · D# · E# · F#

Related chords

Chords that share most of their notes with G# madd4: simpler and richer stacks of the same notes, and the substitutes a chart would accept.

Simpler

G#sus4G# · C# · D#
G#mG# · B · D#
G#5G# · D#

Richer

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

madd4 on every root

Cmadd4 C#madd4 Dbmadd4 Dmadd4 D#madd4 Ebmadd4 Emadd4 Fmadd4 F#madd4 Gmadd4 Abmadd4 Amadd4 A#madd4 Bbmadd4 Bmadd4

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Understanding the G# madd4 chord

Names and symbols

G#madd4 is the chord symbol for G# madd4.

G# madd4 and Ab madd4 are the same sound spelled two ways; both have a page here, and each links to the other. Ab madd4

Common questions

What notes are in the G# madd4 chord?: The G# madd4 chord contains the notes G# · B · C# · D#: the root G# with the intervals 1P, 3m, 4P, 5P 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# madd4 chord?: Measured from G#, the G# madd4 chord stacks the intervals 1P, 3m, 4P, 5P. 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# madd4 chord?: On guitar the most common G# madd4 shape is 441444, read from the lowest string to the highest; the instrument panel above shows several more with their fingerings. On piano play G#3 · B3 · C#4 · D#4 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.