Banjo C♯7 chord (Open G)C♯ seventh on the 5-string banjo: 3 1 0 3, and 5 more shapes

C#7 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Open G tuning: 3 1 0 3, open position, with the short 5th string marked
C#7 (C# seventh) on the 5-string banjo, Open G: 3 1 0 3, string 4 to string 1 (no root). 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: 3 1 0 3 (open position) · no root

  1. String 4 (D): 3rd fret, ring finger, E♯
  2. String 3 (G): 1st fret, index finger, G♯
  3. String 2 (B): open, B
  4. String 1 (D): 3rd fret, little finger, E♯
  5. String 5, the short g: open, G, not in the chord

Sounds: E♯ G♯ B E♯  ·  C♯7 is C♯, E♯, G♯, B (1 · 3 · 5 · ♭7)

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

Up the neck: Barre 7 shape: 6 6 6 9 (6fr); F7 shape: 11 10 9 9 (9fr); E7 shape: 11 10 12 11 (10fr); D7 shape: 11 13 12 15 (11fr). Slide a shape up or down to play another chord of its kind.

Open G tuning: gDGBD, the short 5th string first, then strings 4 to 1.

Hear it in the app ›

The app starts in open G, so it opens on these shapes.

More C♯7 shapes

  1. 2413gE♯BC♯E♯3 4 2 3
    at the nut · no 5th
  2. 4fr2134gG♯BE♯G♯6 4 6 6
    4fr · no root
  3. 6fr123gG♯C♯BG♯6 6 0 6
    6fr · no 3rd
  4. 11fr132gC♯G♯BC♯11 13 0 11
    11fr · no 3rd
  5. 13fr314gE♯G♯BE♯15 13 0 15
    13fr · no root

Other C♯ chords in Open G

C♯C♯mC♯7

Other seventh chords

G7A7D7C7B7E7F7B♭7E♭7F♯7C♯7A♭7

C♯7 in other tunings

Double CSawmillOpen DC Tuning

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