# Quick guitar poll: How do you play an open G chord? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 14, 2010, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-guitar-poll-how-do-you-play-an-open-g-chord/532477 "2010-03-14T21:06:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-guitar-poll-how-do-you-play-an-open-g-chord/532477/41 "2010-03-15T23:45:07Z")
> [@Stratocaster](#): > > I do both, depending on the song. The same here, depending on what I want to do - they both sound slightly different. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-guitar-poll-how-do-you-play-an-open-g-chord/532477/42 "2010-03-16T02:37:46Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > Anybody know the name of this chord? > > X32033 Thanks to all who chimed in on my question. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-guitar-poll-how-do-you-play-an-open-g-chord/532477/43 "2010-03-16T03:04:35Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > Thanks to all who chimed in on my question. It’s sometimes also called a C2 chord, or a Cadd2 chord. And, depending on the context, it could be other things, as well, although Cadd9/C2/Cadd2 is the most commong name for that chord. (If, for instance, there’s an A in the bass and the context of the chord is minor, it could also function as an Am11 chord.) ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-guitar-poll-how-do-you-play-an-open-g-chord/532477/44 "2010-03-16T03:18:06Z")
I’ll either do 320033, or 3x0003 (with my pinky and ring finger, so I can do hammer-ons to a C chord with 3x2013). ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-guitar-poll-how-do-you-play-an-open-g-chord/532477/45 "2010-03-16T03:19:40Z")
Most of the time you’re going to see that x32033 defined as a Cadd9 chord in guitar music. The D is an octave up from the actual 2nd. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-guitar-poll-how-do-you-play-an-open-g-chord/532477/46 "2010-03-16T03:26:33Z")
> [@Eonwe](#): > > I’ll either do 320033, or 3x0003 (with my pinky and ring finger, so I can do hammer-ons to a C chord with 3x2013). This would be a C/G. It’s a C with an inverted 5th. You can just move that fretted G on the E string down to the A string (x320013) and you’ll get a pretty solid C5. ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-guitar-poll-how-do-you-play-an-open-g-chord/532477/47 "2010-03-16T03:56:12Z")
I generally play 320033. When I first started playing, I played 320003, but I prefer the sound of 320033, so I started playing that for the most part, and never really stopped. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-guitar-poll-how-do-you-play-an-open-g-chord/532477.md?page=2)