Banjo Chords – G7 and D7

At some point you will need to learn how to play a seventh chord and these first two are easy to learn; D7 and G7. There are a few different ways to play seventh chords but don’t worry they are similar to the shapes you already know for major chords.

The first chord is D7, a D7 chord is just a D major chord with an extra note, that note is a flatted seventh (7b). The notes that make up the D7 chord are D, F#, A and C. I’ll demonstrate three different ways to play a D7 chord and include an audio sample for each.

D7 Chord for Banjo

[audio:D7 Chord.mp3]

D7 Chord for Banjo 2

[audio:D7 Chord1.mp3]

D7 Chord for Banjo 3

[audio:D7 Chord2.mp3]

Now that you know how to play a few different versions of D7, let’s try three G7 chords. The G7 chord is a G major chord with a flatted seventh added, which is F. The notes that make up G7 are G, B, D and F.

G7 Chord for Banjo

[audio:G7 Chord.mp3]

G7 Chord for Banjo 1

[audio:G7 Chord1.mp3]

G7 Chord for Banjo 2

[audio:G7 Chord2.mp3]

Stay tuned we’ll be talking about some other seventh chords soon.

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January 29, 2008 | Filed Under Free Banjo Lessons 

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3 Responses to “Banjo Chords – G7 and D7”

  1. Hank on January 16th, 2009 10:58 pm

    Thanks,
    It is hard for me to play full chords due to my arthritis, and I have been playing chords by the shortest methods (ex: like the D7 chord first listed at top of your page, with 2 strings only.

    It was nice listening to fuller chord sounds :) …and this encourages me to try different versions.

    Hank

  2. Ron Haley on October 21st, 2009 10:51 am

    What are the different ways to play F#m?

  3. Loren on December 7th, 2010 10:45 pm

    I have dupuytren’s contracture and also have an issue with a four fret stretch…so really appreciate the alternative d7….much thanks

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