G chord on banjo

The G chord diagram on banjo, the notes it is built from, and the Alviena charts that use it.

The diagram

The notes in G

D · G · B

The chord is built from 3 distinct pitches. A shape may double them an octave apart: the same note then appears more than once without changing the chord.

The shape, string by string

4 open strings · 1 muted string

StringFretNote
4openD
3openG
2openB
1openD

Charts that use G

Other G chords

The same colour, on another root

G on other instruments