Banjo F7 chord (Sawmill)F seventh on the 5-string banjo: 3 2 0 1, and 6 more shapes

F7 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Sawmill tuning: 3 2 0 1, open position, with the short 5th string marked — F7 (F seventh) on the 5-string banjo, Sawmill: 3 2 0 1, 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: 3 2 0 1 (open position)

String 4 (D): 3rd fret, ring finger, F
String 3 (G): 2nd fret, middle finger, A
String 2 (C): open, C
String 1 (D): 1st fret, index finger, E♭
String 5, the short g: open, G, not in the chord

Sounds: F A C E♭ · F7 is F, A, C, E♭ (1 · 3 · 5 · ♭7)

The 5th string: the short g adds the 9th over F7, a colour rather than a clash.

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 F7 shapes

1 2 0 3
open
1 2 0 1
open · no root
3 2 3 3
at the nut · no 5th
7 8 0 7
7fr · no root
15 14 12 13
12fr
15 14 15 15
14fr · no 5th

Other F chords in Sawmill

F FmF7Fm7 Fmaj7 F6 Fsus4 Fsus2 Fdim Faug

Other seventh chords

G7 A7 D7 C7 B7 E7F7B♭7 E♭7 F♯7 C♯7 A♭7

F7 in other tunings

Open G Double C Open D C Tuning

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