G#5 Guitar Chord
A power chord. G#5 is powerful and heavy.
Also known as
- Ab5
- G# 5
- Ab 5
- A-flat5
- G-sharp5
- A-flat 5
- G# fifth
- Ab fifth
- G-sharp 5
- A-flat fifth
- G-sharp fifth
- G# power chord
- Ab power chord
- A-flat power chord
- G-sharp power chord
How to Play This Chord
Position your fingers on the fretboard as shown in the diagram. The vertical lines represent the strings, from low E (left) to high E (right), and the horizontal lines are the frets. Numbers inside the dots indicate which finger to use: 1 (index), 2 (middle), 3 (ring), 4 (pinky). An X means don't play that string; an O means play it open. A bar spanning multiple strings means one finger presses across all of them at once — this is known as a barre chord.
Tips & Tricks
This power chord at the 4th fret on the low E string is a bread-and-butter rock voicing. The position is comfortable and the strings respond well to both clean and distorted tones. Rest your unused fingers lightly against the higher strings to keep things tight.