Banjo Gm7 chord (Double C)G minor seventh on the 5-string banjo: 2 3 2 3, and 4 more shapes

Gm7 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Double C tuning: 2 3 2 3, first position, with the short 5th string marked
Gm7 (G minor seventh) on the 5-string banjo, Double C: 2 3 2 3, string 4 to string 1 (5th string completes it). 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 3 2 3 (first position) · 5th string completes it

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

Sounds: D B♭ D F  ·  Gm7 is G, B♭, D, F (1 · ♭3 · 5 · ♭7)

The 5th string: the short g is the root of Gm7, so let it ring.

With a capo: on the 5th fret it’s 2 2 0 3 (frets counted from the capo), an open Dm7 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 Gm7 shapes

  1. 5fr2314gGDFB♭7 7 5 8
    5fr
  2. 7fr134gGFB♭D7 10 10 0
    7fr
  3. 10fr111gB♭FB♭D10 10 10 0
    10fr · 5th string completes it
  4. 14fr1213gDB♭DF14 15 14 15
    14fr · 5th string completes it

Other G chords in Double C

GGmG7Gm7Gmaj7G6Gsus4Gsus2GdimGaug

Other minor seventh chords

Gm7Am7Dm7Cm7Bm7Em7Fm7B♭m7

Gm7 in other tunings

Open GSawmillOpen DC Tuning

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