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Fig. 1 · G7 · open

ukulele chord

G7

G1B3D5F♭7

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

on guitaron pianothe scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

0212

open

Fig. 3

0532

easy · no 5

7
Fig. 4

x778

moderate · barre · no 5

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 3 fingerings below is 0212: 3 fingers, held at the 1st fret.

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

1 of the 3 need a barre.

Where its notes are on the neck

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Fig. 5 — 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

3
first inversion

G7/B

4535

7
second inversion

G7/D

7778

10
third inversion

G7/F

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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 seventhGm7minor seventhGm(maj7)minor major seventhGmajorGmminorGdimdiminished

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