Irish bouzouki Gm7 chord (GDAE)G minor seventh: 0 0 1 1, and 4 more shapes
Frets, low course to high: 0 0 1 1 (open position)
- G course: open, G
- D course: open, D
- A course: 1st fret, index finger (barre), B♭
- E course: 1st fret, index finger (barre), F
Sounds: G D B♭ F · Gm7 is G, B♭, D, F (1 · ♭3 · 5 · ♭7)
Open courses that ring: G and D are notes of Gm7, so they can drone under it.
Tuning GDAE: G D A E, low to high. The octave mandolin uses the same tuning, so these shapes fit it too.
The link can’t set the tuning: the app starts on the Irish bouzouki in GDAD. Choose GDAE once in its Settings and it remembers.
More Gm7 shapes
- 0 3 1 3
open · no 5th - 3 3 5 3
3fr · Gm7/Bb - 0 0 8 6
6fr - 0 8 8 10
8fr
Other G chords, Irish bouzouki GDAE
Other minor seventh chords
Gm7 in other tunings
All Irish bouzouki GDAE chords · Printable chart (PDF) · Tuning · The app