Banjo Gm7 chord (Sawmill)G minor seventh on the 5-string banjo: 3 3 2 3, and 6 more shapes

Gm7 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Sawmill tuning: 3 3 2 3, first position, with the short 5th string marked
Gm7 (G minor seventh) on the 5-string banjo, Sawmill: 3 3 2 3, string 4 to string 1 (5th string completes it). 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 3 2 3 (first position) · 5th string completes it

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

Sounds: F B♭ D F  ·  Gm7 is G, B♭, D, F (1 · ♭3 · 5 · ♭7)

The 5th string: the short g is the root of Gm7, so let it ring.

With a capo: on the 5th fret it’s 0 2 0 3 (frets counted from the capo), an open Dm7 shape. Spike the 5th string at the 10th fret to keep it in tune with the capo.

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 Gm7 shapes

  1. 213gDB♭DF0 3 2 3
    open · 5th string completes it
  2. 231gFB♭DD3 3 2 0
    open · 5th string completes it
  3. 314gGB♭FD5 3 5 0
    open
  4. 5fr1314gGDFB♭5 7 5 8
    5fr
  5. 7fr412gDFGB♭0 10 7 8
    7fr
  6. 10fr11gDFB♭D0 10 10 0
    10fr · 5th string completes it

Other G chords in Sawmill

GGmG7Gm7Gmaj7G6Gsus4Gsus2GdimGaug

Other minor seventh chords

Gm7Am7Dm7Cm7Bm7Em7Fm7B♭m7

Gm7 in other tunings

Open GDouble COpen DC Tuning

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