# G7, the G dominant 7 guitar chord

G7 is the classic chord for heading back to C, bright with a nagging tension. It mirrors the G shape, with the high E dropping to the 1st fret. As with G, the A string stays quiet on purpose. The other trap is the wide stretch between the outer fingers collapsing and muting the open middle strings.

G7

## How to play it

- Index finger on the high E string (1st), 1st fret.
- Ring finger on the low E string (6th), 3rd fret.
- Let the open D string (4th), G string (3rd) and B string (2nd) ring.
- Don't strum the A string (5th). It stays silent in this shape.

## Changes to practice

Holding G7 still is the easy part. Songs need you to _arrive_ at it in rhythm, so in Strumhold you practice G7 as changes, alongside the rest of the Open 7ths set:

- [G7 ↔ E7](https://strumhold.com/chords/e-7/) G dominant 7 to E dominant 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/E.7.E~G.7.G)
- [G7 ↔ A7](https://strumhold.com/chords/a-7/) G dominant 7 to A dominant 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/A.7.A~G.7.G)
- [G7 ↔ D7](https://strumhold.com/chords/d-7/) G dominant 7 to D dominant 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/D.7.D~G.7.G)
- [G7 ↔ C7](https://strumhold.com/chords/c-7/) G dominant 7 to C dominant 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/C.7.C~G.7.G)

## Same root, different color

- [G](https://strumhold.com/chords/g-major/), G major
- [Gm](https://strumhold.com/chords/g-minor/), G minor
- [Gm7](https://strumhold.com/chords/g-minor-7/), G minor 7
- [Gmaj7](https://strumhold.com/chords/g-major-7/), G major 7
- [Gm](https://strumhold.com/chords/g-minor-e-shape/), G minor in E-shape

## Hear yourself get faster

Strumhold listens to your guitar through your device's mic, a headset, or a line-in from your audio interface. You drill a chord change to a metronome and it scores every single change. Free, no account, works offline.

[Drill G7 in the app](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/E.7.E~G.7.G)