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

C7 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Double C tuning: 0 3 0 2, open position, with the short 5th string marked
C7 (C seventh) on the 5-string banjo, Double C: 0 3 0 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 0 2 (open position)

  1. String 4 (C): open, C
  2. String 3 (G): 3rd fret, middle finger, B♭
  3. String 2 (C): open, C
  4. String 1 (D): 2nd fret, index 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.

Double C tuning: gCGCD, 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 Double C once in its Settings and it remembers.

More C7 shapes

  1. 231gCB♭EE0 3 4 2
    open
  2. 321gEB♭CE4 3 0 2
    open
  3. 123gCB♭EG0 3 4 5
    open
  4. 7fr312gCEGB♭0 9 7 8
    7fr
  5. 7fr1234gGEB♭C7 9 10 10
    7fr
  6. 9fr123gCEB♭C0 9 10 10
    9fr

Other C chords in Double C

CCmC7Cm7Cmaj7C6Csus4Csus2CdimCaug

Other seventh chords

G7A7D7C7B7E7F7B♭7E♭7F♯7C♯7A♭7

C7 in other tunings

Open GSawmillOpen DC Tuning

All Double C banjo chords · Printable chart (PDF) · How to tune · The app