# Gm7, the G minor 7 guitar chord

Gm7 is compact and smoky, and you’ll hear it all over funk and R\&B grooves. Only the lower four strings sound, so keep the strum short. The pinky at the 3rd fret is the weak link here. Press firmly or the D string will buzz.

Gm7

## How to play it

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

## Changes to practice

Holding Gm7 still is the easy part. Songs need you to _arrive_ at it in rhythm, so in Strumhold you practice Gm7 as changes, alongside the rest of the Open Minor 7ths set:

- [Gm7 ↔ Em7](https://strumhold.com/chords/e-minor-7/) G minor 7 to E minor 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/E.min7.E~G.min7.G)
- [Gm7 ↔ Am7](https://strumhold.com/chords/a-minor-7/) G minor 7 to A minor 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/A.min7.A~G.min7.G)
- [Gm7 ↔ Dm7](https://strumhold.com/chords/d-minor-7/) G minor 7 to D minor 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/D.min7.D~G.min7.G)
- [Gm7 ↔ Cm7](https://strumhold.com/chords/c-minor-7/) G minor 7 to C minor 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/C.min7.C~G.min7.G)

## Same root, different color

- [G](https://strumhold.com/chords/g-major/), G major
- [Gm](https://strumhold.com/chords/g-minor/), G minor
- [G7](https://strumhold.com/chords/g-7/), G dominant 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 Gm7 in the app](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/E.min7.E~G.min7.G)