Five String Banjo · Double C (gCGCD)

GM7G Major 7th

DRoot

F♯tone

Atone

C♯tone

Formula 5 · 7 · 2 · ♭5 · Notes D · F♯ · A · C♯

How to play it

GM7 fingering positions

Double C (gCGCD), low E on the left. Each dot is colour-coded by note — the ringed dot is the root. Numbers below show the fret per string (x = muted).

G Major 7th guitar chord — 4th position (7 4 6 0 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

G Major 7th guitar chord — 4th position (7 4 6 0 5) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

G Major 7th guitar chord — 6th position (7 7 6 x 9) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

G Major 7th guitar chord — 6th position (7 7 6 9 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

G Major 7th guitar chord — 6th position (7 7 6 9 9) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

G Major 7th guitar chord — 18th position (19 19 18 x 21) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

G Major 7th guitar chord — 18th position (19 19 18 21 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

G Major 7th guitar chord — 18th position (19 19 18 21 21) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD)

Read it as tab

GM7 guitar tab

The same voicings in tablature — high e on top, low E on the bottom. Each fret number is colour-coded by note; the ringed number is the root, × means don’t play that string.

G Major 7th guitar tab — 4th position (7 4 6 0 x) in Double C (gCGCD)

G Major 7th guitar tab — 4th position (7 4 6 0 5) in Double C (gCGCD)

G Major 7th guitar tab — 6th position (7 7 6 x 9) in Double C (gCGCD)

G Major 7th guitar tab — 6th position (7 7 6 9 x) in Double C (gCGCD)

G Major 7th guitar tab — 6th position (7 7 6 9 9) in Double C (gCGCD)

G Major 7th guitar tab — 18th position (19 19 18 x 21) in Double C (gCGCD)

G Major 7th guitar tab — 18th position (19 19 18 21 x) in Double C (gCGCD)

G Major 7th guitar tab — 18th position (19 19 18 21 21) in Double C (gCGCD)

Sound

How GM7 sounds

Consonance

4/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

dreamywarmromantic

Genres

jazzbossa novar&b

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesD · F♯ · A · C♯

Formula (scale degrees)5 · 7 · 2 · ♭5

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