Five String Banjo · Open G (gDGBD)

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

Open G (gDGBD), 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 — 3rd position (5 4 3 4 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

G Major 7th guitar chord — 3rd position (5 4 3 4 5) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

G Major 7th guitar chord — 4th position (5 4 7 0 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

G Major 7th guitar chord — 4th position (5 7 0 4 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

G Major 7th guitar chord — 4th position (5 4 7 0 5) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

G Major 7th guitar chord — 4th position (5 7 0 4 5) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

G Major 7th guitar chord — 15th position (17 16 15 x 16) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

G Major 7th guitar chord — 15th position (17 16 15 16 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

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 — 3rd position (5 4 3 4 x) in Open G (gDGBD)

G Major 7th guitar tab — 3rd position (5 4 3 4 5) in Open G (gDGBD)

G Major 7th guitar tab — 4th position (5 4 7 0 x) in Open G (gDGBD)

G Major 7th guitar tab — 4th position (5 7 0 4 x) in Open G (gDGBD)

G Major 7th guitar tab — 4th position (5 4 7 0 5) in Open G (gDGBD)

G Major 7th guitar tab — 4th position (5 7 0 4 5) in Open G (gDGBD)

G Major 7th guitar tab — 15th position (17 16 15 x 16) in Open G (gDGBD)

G Major 7th guitar tab — 15th position (17 16 15 16 x) in Open G (gDGBD)

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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