G major piano chord - GM

The G major chord is a 3-note chord consisting of the notes G, B and D.
You can see these notes highlighted in the interactive piano chart below.
The chord itself is often abbreviated as GM.

Interactive piano diagram for the G major chord

Piano keyboard displaying the G major chord with the notes GCbBD

Extended Chords

Chords that are a superset of GM. The chords include more notes but always G, B and D.

Reduced chords

Chords that are a subset of GM. These contain less notes but all of them are included in GM.

Scales with GM

Below you find all scales that include GM:

  • major pentatonic
  • major
  • major blues
  • bebop
  • lydian
  • mixolydian
  • ionian pentatonic
  • mixolydian pentatonic
  • lydian pentatonic
  • flat six pentatonic
  • scriabin
  • lydian dominant pentatonic
  • augmented
  • double harmonic lydian
  • mixolydian b6
  • lydian dominant
  • augmented heptatonic
  • lydian minor
  • phrygian dominant
  • harmonic major
  • double harmonic major
  • hungarian major
  • flamenco
  • lydian #9
  • purvi raga
  • spanish heptatonic
  • bebop minor
  • bebop major
  • ichikosucho
  • half-whole diminished
  • kafi raga
  • composite blues
  • messiaen's mode #3
  • chromatic

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G major piano chord chart image

In case you prefer a non-interactive variant of the chord chart, we've embedded a PNG image below that shows the notes for the the GM chord. Feel free to save or share the image as needed.

Piano chord chart for the G major chord (GM). The notes G, B and D are highlighted.