G chord on mandolin
The G chord diagram on mandolin, the notes it is built from, and the Alviena charts that use it.
The diagram
Songs to play with the G chord on mandolin
- Hey Soul Sister — Train
- Dernière Danse — Kyo
- Zombie — The Cranberries
- Papaoutai — Stromae
- Liberta — Pep's
- Big Jet Plane — Angus & Julia Stone
- Numb — Linkin Park
- She Will Be Loved — Maroon 5
- Aïcha — Khaled
- Lucie — Pascal Obispo
- Cendrillon — Téléphone
- Pour Que Tu M'aimes Encore — Céline Dion
Which chords go with G
Across the sheets in the catalogue, G most often appears alongside these chords. Learn them together and you can play a whole song.
The notes in G
G · D · 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
2 open strings
| String | Fret | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | open | G |
| 3 | open | D |
| 2 | 2 | B |
| 1 | 3 | G |