G7 chord on guitar

G7 is the G seventh chord, made of the notes G B D F. Most guitarists play it as 3 2 0 0 0 1, an open chord. Below are all 6 ways to hold G7 on the guitar, from the lowest on the neck to the highest, and the same chord in Drop D and DADGAD. The TabTunix app plays each one. Check out our full chord library.

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G7

3 2 0 0 0 1

Notes

Degrees: R 3 5 b7. Notes: G B D F.

Tuning

Inversions

Voicings

How to play G7

The shape most players use is 3 2 0 0 0 1, from the lowest string to the highest. Hold it like this:

  1. Put your ring finger on the low E string at fret 3.
  2. Put your middle finger on the A string at fret 2.
  3. Put your index finger on the high E string at fret 1.
  4. Let the D, G and B strings ring open.
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G7
3 2 0 0 0 1

6 ways to play G7

Every shape the chord library holds for G7 in standard tuning, from low on the neck to high. In each one G is the lowest note; they differ in where your hand sits and in which strings ring.

More shapes, for every chord: all guitar chords.

  • 1fr321
    G7
    3 2 0 0 0 1
    open shape
  • 1fr2134
    G7
    3 2 3 4 X X
    closed shape at fret 2
  • 3fr32
    G7
    3 5 3 4 3 3
    barre at fret 3
  • 4fr2134
    G7
    X X 5 4 6 7
    closed shape at fret 4
  • 5fr1324
    G7
    X X 5 7 6 7
    closed shape at fret 5
  • 8fr3241
    G7
    X 10 9 10 8 X
    closed shape at fret 8

The notes in G7

R35b7
GBDF

A seventh chord is the root, the major third, the fifth and the minor seventh: R 3 (5) b7. The fifth can be left out.

Put another of its notes in the bass and G7 becomes an inversion, written with a slash: G7/B, G7/D and G7/F. Below, the first shape of each.

  • 1fr21
    G7/B
    X 2 0 0 0 1
  • 1fr1
    G7/D
    X X 0 0 0 1
  • 1fr132
    G7/F
    1 2 0 0 0 1

Keys and progressions with G7

G7 is one of the chords of these keys, with its number in each. The chords of a key are the chords built on the notes of its scale.

  • V7 in C major
  • bVII7 in A minor

It stands in these chord progressions of the app, in the key each opens in:

  • Royal Road in C major: Fmaj7, G7, Em7, Am
  • ii–V–I in C major: Dm7, G7, Cmaj7
  • I–vi–ii–V in C major: Cmaj7, Am7, Dm7, G7
  • Circle Turnaround in C major: Em7, Am7, Dm7, G7, Cmaj7
  • Circle of Fifths in C major: Am7, Dm7, G7, Cmaj7

G7 in Drop D, Drop C, Drop B and DADGAD

  • In Drop D, G7 is 5 5 3 4 3 3, where Standard has 3 2 0 0 0 1.
  • In Drop C, G7 is X 0 2 0 2 0, where Standard has 3 2 0 0 0 1.
  • In Drop B, G7 is X 1 3 1 3 1, where Standard has 3 2 0 0 0 1.
  • In DADGAD, G7 is 5 2 3 4 2 X, where Standard has 3 2 0 0 0 1.

More on each tuning: Drop D, Drop C, Drop B and DADGAD, all under guitar tunings.

  • 3fr342
    G7 in Drop D
    5 5 3 4 3 3
  • 1fr12
    G7 in Drop C
    X 0 2 0 2 0
  • 1fr34
    G7 in Drop B
    X 1 3 1 3 1
  • 2fr423
    G7 in DADGAD
    5 2 3 4 2 X

Get the change up to tempo

A chord is yours when you can change to it in time. In TabTunix, put G7 and the chord before it into a chord-change exercise, set a target tempo, and play the change to a click that counts you through it. Rate each take, and the app keeps your best tempo, so you see it climb.

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Questions about G7

G, B, D and F. As degrees they are R 3 (5) b7: the root, the major third, the fifth and the minor seventh.