Banjo D7 chord (Open D)D seventh on the 5-string banjo: 0 3 3 4, and 6 more shapes

D7 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Open D tuning: 0 3 3 4, open position, with the short 5th string marked
D7 (D seventh) on the 5-string banjo, Open D: 0 3 3 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: 0 3 3 4 (open position)

  1. String 4 (D): open, D
  2. String 3 (F♯): 3rd fret, index finger (barre), A
  3. String 2 (A): 3rd fret, index finger (barre), C
  4. String 1 (D): 4th fret, middle finger, F♯
  5. String 5, the short f♯: open, F♯, in the chord

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

The 5th string: the short f♯ is the 3rd of D7, so let it ring.

Open D tuning: f♯DF♯AD, 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 Open D once in its Settings and it remembers.

More D7 shapes

  1. 1f♯DF♯CD0 0 3 0
    open · no 5th
  2. 11f♯DACD0 3 3 0
    open · 5th string completes it
  3. 4fr31f♯DCAF♯0 6 0 4
    4fr
  4. 4fr1324f♯F♯CDA4 6 5 7
    4fr
  5. 6fr142f♯DCF♯A0 6 9 7
    6fr
  6. 10fr2341f♯DF♯AC12 12 12 10
    10fr

Other D chords in Open D

DDmD7Dm7Dmaj7D6Dsus4Dsus2DdimDaug

Other seventh chords

G7A7D7C7B7E7F7B♭7E♭7F♯7C♯7A♭7

D7 in other tunings

Open GDouble CSawmillC Tuning

All Open D banjo chords · Printable chart (PDF) · How to tune · The app