Banjo D7 chord (Double C)D seventh on the 5-string banjo: 2 2 0 4, and 6 more shapes

D7 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Double C tuning: 2 2 0 4, open position, with the short 5th string marked
D7 (D seventh) on the 5-string banjo, Double C: 2 2 0 4, 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 2 0 4 (open position)

  1. String 4 (C): 2nd fret, index finger (barre), D
  2. String 3 (G): 2nd fret, index finger (barre), A
  3. String 2 (C): open, C
  4. String 1 (D): 4th fret, ring finger, F♯
  5. String 5, the short g: open, G, not in the chord

Sounds: D A C F♯  ·  D7 is D, F♯, A, C (1 · 3 · 5 · ♭7)

The 5th string: the short g rubs against the F♯ in this shape, a semitone away: some players let it ring, some skip it.

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 D7 shapes

  1. 1gCACD0 2 0 0
    open · no 3rd
  2. 11gDACD2 2 0 0
    open · no 3rd
  3. 6fr213gCDF♯A0 7 6 7
    6fr
  4. 6fr1234gF♯DAC6 7 9 10
    6fr
  5. 9fr1234gAF♯CD9 11 12 12
    9fr
  6. 11fr2134gCF♯CD12 11 12 12
    11fr · no 5th

Other D chords in Double C

DDmD7Dm7Dmaj7D6Dsus4Dsus2DdimDaug

Other seventh chords

G7A7D7C7B7E7F7B♭7E♭7F♯7C♯7A♭7

D7 in other tunings

Open GSawmillOpen DC Tuning

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