Banjo F7 chord (Double C)F seventh on the 5-string banjo: 0 2 3 3, and 6 more shapes

F7 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Double C tuning: 0 2 3 3, open position, with the short 5th string marked
F7 (F seventh) on the 5-string banjo, Double C: 0 2 3 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: 0 2 3 3 (open position)

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

Sounds: C A E♭ F  ·  F7 is F, A, C, E♭ (1 · 3 · 5 · ♭7)

The 5th string: the short g adds the 9th over F7, a colour rather than a clash.

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 F7 shapes

  1. 213gE♭ACF3 2 0 3
    open
  2. 21gCACE♭0 2 0 1
    open · no root
  3. 2134gE♭AE♭F3 2 3 3
    at the nut · no 5th
  4. 5fr143gFE♭CA5 8 0 7
    5fr
  5. 12fr1234gCAE♭F12 14 15 15
    12fr
  6. 14fr123gCAE♭F0 14 15 15
    14fr

Other F chords in Double C

FFmF7Fm7Fmaj7F6Fsus4Fsus2FdimFaug

Other seventh chords

G7A7D7C7B7E7F7B♭7E♭7F♯7C♯7A♭7

F7 in other tunings

Open GSawmillOpen DC Tuning

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