GBbDGDF
Fig. 1 · Gm7 · moderate

guitar chord

Gm7

G1B♭♭3D5F♭7

Minor triad with a minor seventh. The same four notes as a major sixth chord a third above.

on ukuleleon pianothe scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

310031

moderate

Fig. 3

350066

moderate

3
Fig. 4

353333

moderate · barre

Fig. 5

31303x

moderate

3
Fig. 6

35333x

moderate · barre

What is true of it

Gm7 is G, B♭, D and F — 1, b3, 5 and b7 counted from G.

These are also the notes of B♭6/G and A♯6/G. Which name is right depends on what is underneath and what came before — the notes alone do not decide.

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

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is 310031: 4 fingers, held at the 1st fret.

None of them uses an open string, so this chord moves up the neck unchanged — the same shape 1 fret higher is the chord a semitone above.

2 of the 5 need a barre.

Where its notes are on the neck

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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

Gm7/B♭

x10031

second inversion

Gm7/D

x50363

third inversion

Gm7/F

1100xx

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

G7dominant seventhGmaj7major seventhGm(maj7)minor major seventhGmajorGmminorGdimdiminished

Cm7C♯m7D♭m7Dm7D♯m7E♭m7Em7Fm7all 374