Banjo C7 chord (C Tuning)C seventh on the 5-string banjo: 0 3 1 2, and 6 more shapes

C7 chord chart for 5-string banjo in C Tuning tuning: 0 3 1 2, open position, with the short 5th string marked
C7 (C seventh) on the 5-string banjo, C Tuning: 0 3 1 2, string 4 to string 1. Fingers are numbered on the dots; copper marks the root; the green ring on the left is the 5th string, solid when it’s in the chord.

Frets, string 4 to string 1: 0 3 1 2 (open position)

  1. String 4 (C): open, C
  2. String 3 (G): 3rd fret, ring finger, B♭
  3. String 2 (B): 1st fret, index finger, C
  4. String 1 (D): 2nd fret, middle finger, E
  5. String 5, the short g: open, G, in the chord

Sounds: C B♭ C E  ·  C7 is C, E, G, B♭ (1 · 3 · 5 · ♭7)

The 5th string: the short g is the 5th of C7, so let it ring.

C Tuning tuning: gCGBD, the short 5th string first, then strings 4 to 1.

Hear it in the app ›

The link can’t set the tuning: the app starts in open G. Choose C Tuning once in its Settings and it remembers.

More C7 shapes

  1. 4312gEB♭CE4 3 1 2
    at the nut
  2. 134gCB♭EG0 3 5 5
    open
  3. 5fr14gCGEB♭0 0 5 8
    5fr
  4. 8fr211gCEGB♭0 9 8 8
    8fr
  5. 11fr2314gCGB♭E12 12 11 14
    11fr
  6. 13fr312gCB♭CE0 15 13 14
    13fr

Other C chords in C Tuning

CCmC7Cm7Cmaj7C6Csus4Csus2CdimCaug

Other seventh chords

G7A7D7C7B7E7F7B♭7E♭7F♯7C♯7A♭7

C7 in other tunings

Open GDouble CSawmillOpen D

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