Banjo G7 chord (C Tuning)G seventh on the 5-string banjo: 2 0 0 3, and 6 more shapes

G7 chord chart for 5-string banjo in C Tuning tuning: 2 0 0 3, open position, with the short 5th string marked
G7 (G seventh) on the 5-string banjo, C Tuning: 2 0 0 3, 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: 2 0 0 3 (open position)

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

Sounds: D G B F  ·  G7 is G, B, D, F (1 · 3 · 5 · ♭7)

The 5th string: the short g is the root of G7, 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 G7 shapes

  1. 123gDGDF2 0 3 3
    open · no 3rd
  2. 132gDBBF2 4 0 3
    open · 5th string completes it
  3. 3fr3214gFBDG5 4 3 5
    3fr
  4. 6fr2314gGDFB7 7 6 9
    6fr
  5. 8fr431gBFGD11 10 8 0
    8fr
  6. 14fr12gDGBF14 0 0 15
    14fr

Other G chords in C Tuning

GGmG7Gm7Gmaj7G6Gsus4Gsus2GdimGaug

Other seventh chords

G7A7D7C7B7E7F7B♭7E♭7F♯7C♯7A♭7

G7 in other tunings

Open GDouble CSawmillOpen D

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