Guitar chords · Minor 7th
Gm7 chord on guitar
Gm7 (G minor 7th) has four notes: G, B♭, D and F, the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., ♭3, 5 and ♭7.
Shapes
How to play Gm7
Strum a shape to hear it, or pick it one string at a time. R marks the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7.; the other numbers are the chord tones.
Gm7 has no common A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em.. Play it as the E shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 3 or the A shape at fret 10. A A chord or scale fingering with no open strings. Slide it up or down the neck and it changes its root but not its type: a major shape stays major. keeps its fingering anywhere on the neck: slide it up or down and the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., on the lowest played string, names the chord.
E shape · fret 3
A shape · fret 10
Notes and formula
What makes Gm7 minor 7th
A minor A triad with one more 3rd on top, the 7th, which makes four notes: G7, Cmaj7 and Am7 are seventh chords. is a minor chord with a minor 7th added. It is mellower than a plain minor chord, and it is the ii chord of the ii–V–I in jazz and soul.
- 1Root: the note the chord is named after. Keep it.
- 3Essential: makes the chord what it is. Never drop it.
- 5Optional: drop it first when you run out of fingers.
The ♭3rd and the ♭7th make Gm7 a minor A triad with one more 3rd on top, the 7th, which makes four notes: G7, Cmaj7 and Am7 are seventh chords.; you can leave out the 5th.
- GRroot
- B♭♭3essential
- D5optional
- F♭7essential
- G, the root
- Other chord tones
Gm7 often leads to C7 and then F: the ii7–V7–I of F major.
Keys
Keys with Gm7
Gm7 belongs to six keys: E♭ major (iii7), B♭ major (vi7), F major (ii7), C minor (v7), G minor (i7) and D minor (iv7).
Numerals follow the key's own scale, so III, VI and VII in a minor key are its own major chords. A ♭ or ♯ in front marks a chord from outside the key. How Roman numerals work
Progressions
Progressions with Gm7
Common progressions that use Gm7, each in a key that spells it Gm7. The outlined chord is Gm7.
Jazz ii–V–I in F major
ii7 – V7 – Imaj7
- Gm7
- C7
- Fmaj7
Each chord falls a fifth to the next — a walk anticlockwise around the circle.
Heard in Autumn Leaves, Fly Me to the Moon
Minor ii–V–i in G minor
iiø7 – V7 – i7
- Am7♭5
- D7
- Gm7
Half-diminished ii, dominant V7 and back to the minor tonic.
Heard in Blue Bossa, Autumn Leaves
Slash chords
Gm7 over another bass note
A A chord with a different note in the bass, written after a slash: C/E is a C chord with E as its lowest note. The letter after the slash is the bass. keeps Gm7 on top and puts another note in the bass: the letter after the slash is the lowest note you play.
- Gm7/B♭
Gm7 with its ♭3rd, B♭, in the bass: the first inversion.
- Gm7/D
Gm7 with its 5th, D, in the bass: the second inversion.
- Gm7/F
Gm7 with its ♭7th, F, in the bass: the third inversion.
Same root
Other chords on G
Change one or two notes and the same The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7. gives a different colour. Compare them by ear.
- G major
- Gm minor
- G7 dominant 7th
- Gmaj7 major 7th
- Gsus2 suspended 2nd
- Gsus4 suspended 4th
- G6 major 6th
- Gm6 minor 6th
- Gadd9 add 9
- G9 dominant 9th
- Gmaj9 major 9th
- Gm9 minor 9th
- G13 dominant 13th
- Gmaj13 major 13th
- Gm11 minor 11th
- G° diminished
- Gm7♭5 half-diminished 7th
- G°7 diminished 7th
- G+ augmented
- G5 power chord
- G7sus4 dominant 7th suspended 4th
- Gm(maj7) minor major 7th
- G6/9 six-nine
- Gm(add9) minor add 9
- G7♯9 dominant 7th sharp 9th
Questions
Gm7, in short
- What notes are in the Gm7 chord?
- Gm7 (G minor 7th) has four notes: G, B♭, D and F, the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., ♭3, 5 and ♭7.
- How do you play Gm7 on guitar?
- Gm7 has no common A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em.. Play it as the E shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 3 or the A shape at fret 10.
- What key is Gm7 in?
- Gm7 belongs to six keys: E♭ major (iii7), B♭ major (vi7), F major (ii7), C minor (v7), G minor (i7) and D minor (iv7).