How to get from G major chord to G# diminished on acoustic guitar

April 23, 2023 11:39 AM

The chords are G, with the bottom G on the E-string, going up to G# on that same string, and forming a diminisned chord. I can do it but not quickly enough for the song. I'm looking for the best fingering for this progression.
posted by DMelanogaster to Media & Arts (3 answers total)

Play the G as a partial bar chord (a power chord plus the third: 3 5 5 4 x x), and then move two of your fingers (forefinger and pinky) up to a G#.
posted by entropone at 12:12 PM on April 23, 2023

Here's how i'd play that:

G Maj : 3 5 5 4 3 3 (or..the open string-version of G maj)

G# dim: 4 x 3 4 3 x (with this fingering: 2 x 1 3 1 x x)
posted by The_Auditor at 2:19 PM on April 23, 2023

Don't have my guitar out to double-check, but Google image search suggests that ...

4 x 0 4 0 x

... would work. Might be easier if you play whatever you'd call how I like to play G major: 3 2 0 0 3 3. Seems like it'd be easier to get your ring finger to the G string from the B than from the high E.
posted by troywestfield at 8:33 AM on April 27, 2023