Banjo G7 chord (Double C)G seventh on the 5-string banjo: 2 4 5 5, and 6 more shapes

G7 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Double C tuning: 2 4 5 5, from the 2nd fret, with the short 5th string marked
G7 (G seventh) on the 5-string banjo, Double C: 2 4 5 5, 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 4 5 5 (from the 2nd fret)

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

Sounds: D B F G  ·  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.

With a capo: on the 5th fret it’s 2 2 0 4 (frets counted from the capo), an open D7 shape. Spike the 5th string at the 10th fret to keep it in tune with the capo.

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 G7 shapes

  1. 123gDGDF2 0 2 3
    open · no 3rd
  2. 1312gDBDF2 4 2 3
    at the nut · 5th string completes it
  3. 213gFBFD5 4 5 0
    open · 5th string completes it
  4. 7fr1413gGFGB7 10 7 9
    7fr · no 5th
  5. 10fr213gBFBD11 10 11 0
    10fr · 5th string completes it
  6. 12fr2134gDGDF14 12 14 15
    12fr · no 3rd

Other G chords in Double C

GGmG7Gm7Gmaj7G6Gsus4Gsus2GdimGaug

Other seventh chords

G7A7D7C7B7E7F7B♭7E♭7F♯7C♯7A♭7

G7 in other tunings

Open GSawmillOpen DC Tuning

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