G7 chord on guitar
G dominant 7th
G7 is a dominant 7th chord with four notes: G, B, D and F. Learn it first as an open shape: three open strings and three fingers on the frets. Below: where each finger goes, which strings to skip and two more ways to play it.
Strum it and Lark tells you if it is right. The chord detector is free and listens through your mic.
How to play it
- Index on the high e string, fret 1
- Middle on the A string, fret 2
- Ring on the low E string, fret 3
The number in each note head is the finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky.
Strings to skip
Nothing to skip: strum all six strings.
- Shape
- Open shape
- Fingers
- Threeindex, middle and ring
- Strings played
- All six
- Open strings
- Threethe D, G and B strings
- Lowest note
- G2the root, on the low E string
- Frets
- 3 2 0 0 0 1low E to high e, x means skip it
The notes in G7
- Groot
- Bmajor third
- Dperfect fifth
- Fminor seventh
A dominant 7th chord is a major chord with a minor seventh added on top. B is the major third, four frets above the root. D is the perfect fifth, seven frets above the root. F is the minor seventh, ten frets above the root.
String by string
- high e string: F4minor seventh
- B string: B3major third
- G string: G3root
- D string: D3perfect fifth
- A string: B2major third
- low E string: G2root
Every note of G7 is in this shape, some of them twice.
Other ways to play it
- Barre at fret 33 5 3 4 3 3Root on the low E string.
- Barre at fret 10x 10 12 10 12 10Root on the A string.
Related chords
All 111 chords in the chartStrum it and Lark tells you if it is right.
Open the chord detector, play G7 and Lark names the chord it hears, with the notes in it. In the app, the chord book has all 111 chords, string by string.