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Minuet in G: guitar chords and tab for beginners

Germany, about 1725

Minuet in G

by Christian Petzold

Tempo
108beats per minute
Count
3beats in each bar
Key
G majorthe home note
Level
1 of 3easiest
Bar 1:1 of 8Tap play to turn sound on
Key G major
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Higher or lower, to match a voice.
Tempo108beats per minute right now

Level 1. Strum one chord per beat. Start here.

Chord names above, strum arrows below. Down arrow = strum down toward the floor, up arrow = back up.

0102030405060708GGCGCGD7D7↓↓↑↓↑↓↓↑↓↑↓↓↑↓↑↓↓↑↓↑↓↓↑↓↑↓↓↑↓↑↓↓↑↓↑↓↓↑↓↑
Where your fingers go● press here · the number is which finger
EADGBeopen123456789101112210003

Hold this chord

G213EADGBe

Numbers are fingers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky.

Space bar plays and pauses. Left and right arrows jump a bar.

The chords

The chords in Minuet in G

3 chords, all open shapes: G, C, D7. 3 beats in each bar, 108 beats per minute, in G major.

About the song

Long credited to Bach because it sits in the notebook he made for his wife, the Minuet was written by Christian Petzold around 1725. This is the opening eight bars, played an octave down so the whole line sits in the first four frets.

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