Banjo Gm7 chord (Open D)G minor seventh on the 5-string banjo: 0 1 1 3, and 4 more shapes

Gm7 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Open D tuning: 0 1 1 3, open position, with the short 5th string marked
Gm7 (G minor seventh) on the 5-string banjo, Open D: 0 1 1 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 1 3 (open position)

  1. String 4 (D): open, D
  2. String 3 (F♯): 1st fret, index finger (barre), G
  3. String 2 (A): 1st fret, index finger (barre), 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  ·  Gm7 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 Gm7 shapes

  1. 311f♯FGB♭D3 1 1 0
    open
  2. 3fr3241f♯GB♭DF5 4 5 3
    3fr
  3. 8fr431f♯DFGB♭0 11 10 8
    8fr
  4. 12fr1234f♯DGB♭F12 13 13 15
    12fr

Other G chords in Open D

GGmG7Gm7Gmaj7G6Gsus4Gsus2GdimGaug

Other minor seventh chords

Gm7Am7Dm7Cm7Bm7Em7Fm7B♭m7

Gm7 in other tunings

Open GDouble CSawmillC Tuning

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