Banjo C7 chord (Sawmill)C seventh on the 5-string banjo: 2 3 0 2, and 6 more shapes

C7 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Sawmill tuning: 2 3 0 2, open position, with the short 5th string marked
C7 (C seventh) on the 5-string banjo, Sawmill: 2 3 0 2, 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: 2 3 0 2 (open position)

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

Sounds: E B♭ C E  ·  C7 is C, E, G, B♭ (1 · 3 · 5 · ♭7)

The 5th string: the short g is the 5th of C7, so let it ring.

Sawmill tuning: gDGCD, 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 Sawmill once in its Settings and it remembers.

More C7 shapes

  1. 3fr3124gGB♭EG5 3 4 5
    3fr · no root
  2. 5fr3124gB♭CGB♭8 5 7 8
    5fr · no 3rd
  3. 7fr4312gCEGB♭10 9 7 8
    7fr
  4. 9fr2134gCEB♭C10 9 10 10
    9fr
  5. 12fr2413gEB♭CE14 15 12 14
    12fr
  6. 14fr132gEB♭CE14 15 0 14
    14fr

Other C chords in Sawmill

CCmC7Cm7Cmaj7C6Csus4Csus2CdimCaug

Other seventh chords

G7A7D7C7B7E7F7B♭7E♭7F♯7C♯7A♭7

C7 in other tunings

Open GDouble COpen DC Tuning

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