4 6 4 4 4 4
G#m7
Notes: G# · B · D# · F#
Also spelled Abm7
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Common shapes (2)
x x 6 8 7 7
Other shapes (38)
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4 x 4 4 0 x
4 2 4 4 0 x
4 2 4 1 0 x
4 x 4 4 0 4
4 6 4 4 0 x
4 x 4 4 4 x
4 2 x 4 0 2
4 2 4 x 0 2
4 x 4 4 0 2
4 2 4 x 0 4
x 11 9 11 0 x
4 x 1 1 0 2
About G#m7
The G#m7 chord is made up of G# (root), B (minor third), D# (perfect fifth) and F# (minor seventh). In scale degrees above the root, the formula is 1 – b3 – 5 – b7. It is a minor seventh chord: it keeps the melancholy of the minor chord, but softer and closer to jazz.
On guitar, G#m7 has 2 common shapes: the E and D shapes. These are CAGED system shapes, the basis for playing the same chord anywhere on the neck. There are 38 more voicings sorted by difficulty; use the viewer switches to add inversions and stretches. G#m7 is also written as Abm7: the same chord with the root spelled differently, and it sounds identical. The more common spelling is G#m7.