Banjo G7 chord (Open D)G seventh on the 5-string banjo: 0 1 2 3, and 5 more shapes

G7 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Open D tuning: 0 1 2 3, open position, with the short 5th string marked
G7 (G seventh) on the 5-string banjo, Open D: 0 1 2 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 1 2 3 (open position)

  1. String 4 (D): open, D
  2. String 3 (F♯): 1st fret, index finger, G
  3. String 2 (A): 2nd fret, middle finger, B
  4. String 1 (D): 3rd fret, ring finger, F
  5. String 5, the short f♯: open, F♯, not in the chord

Sounds: D G B F  ·  G7 is G, B, D, F (1 · 3 · 5 · ♭7)

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

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 G7 shapes

  1. 312f♯FGBD3 1 2 0
    open
  2. 3fr2341f♯GBDF5 5 5 3
    3fr
  3. 5fr114f♯GBFD5 5 8 0
    5fr
  4. 9fr321f♯DFGB0 11 10 9
    9fr
  5. 12fr1234f♯DGBF12 13 14 15
    12fr

Other G chords in Open D

GGmG7Gm7Gmaj7G6Gsus4Gsus2GdimGaug

Other seventh chords

G7A7D7C7B7E7F7B♭7E♭7F♯7C♯7A♭7

G7 in other tunings

Open GDouble CSawmillC Tuning

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