G7

G1B3D5F♭7

Major triad, minor seventh. The chord that wants to resolve a fourth up.

on ukulele on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

320001

open

Fig. 3

320031

moderate

Fig. 4

323003

moderate · no 5

Fig. 5

353003

moderate

Fig. 6

320401

moderate

What is true of it

G7 is G, B, D and F — 1, 3, 5 and b7 counted from G.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 4, the 5 goes first, in that order.

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is 320001: 3 fingers, held at the 1st fret.

1 of them use open strings, which is what makes a shape quiet to change to.

Where its notes are on the neck

Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

The brass dots are G, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.

With a different note underneath

first inversion

G7/B

x20001

second inversion

G7/D

xx0001

third inversion

G7/F

120001

An inversion is the same chord with a different note lowest. The name changes to a slash name because the bass is what a listener hears as the foundation.

G in other shapes

Gmaj7major seventh Gm7minor seventh Gm(maj7)minor major seventh Gmajor Gmminor Gdimdiminished

C7 C♯7 D♭7 D7 D♯7 E♭7 E7 F7 all 374