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Wednesday, 21 April 2010

12 Dominant 7th Guitar Chords - Number 5

Carrying on our series of 12 Dominant 7th Guitar Chords you should know we move onto inversions on the middle four guitar strings. The next four chords all feature the same notes: G, B, D and F but in different inversions.
Dominant 7th Guitar Chord

G7 guitar inversions

Here's the fingering for this guitar chord:
G7 guitar chord


This inversion has the chord's root note on the D string of the guitar (this is shown by the black box in the diagram). The previous inversions we've looked at on the top four strings have a thinner tone than these inversions on the middle four guitar strings. Those inversions can be useful for funk guitar amongst other things, these chords have a slightly fuller tone than the inversions on the top four strings.

Tune in tomorrow for the next installment of our series on 12 dominant 7th guitar chords you should know.