G# major triad for guitar (G#)
Notes, positions, and inversions of the G# major triad (G#) on the guitar fretboard: G# · C · D#.
Instrument
Root
Chord
Position (CAGED)
Strings
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Frets15
1224
Chord
G#
G#CD#
E
B
G
D
A
E
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Legend
G#
Root
· R
C
Third
· 3
D#
Fifth
· 5
Inversions
(strings 1·2·3)Root position
fret 12
1st inversion
fret 5
2nd inversion
fret 9
G# major
The G# major triad is made up of three notes: G# · C · D#.
It's the most consonant, stable triad -- the backbone of most pop, rock, and folk music. It often functions as the tonic chord, the point of arrival a progression resolves to.