In this video, I'm going to show you three versions of G7 chord from easy to
a little more challenging. You choose the one that's best for you. Let's do this.
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tutorials. I'm going to show you three versions of G7 or also called sometimes
G dominant seven. We'll start with the most common then a very easy one for
those starting out and a more challenging one that can be used for
both acoustic and electric guitar so let's start with that most popular one.
This is what it looks like
and it's a very common one for acoustic guitar. It is a bit of a stretch between
the first finger and the sixth string third finger. Let's start off fingering
it with the first finger on the first fret first string then stretch the
second finger over to the fifth string second fret now the third finger over to
the third fret on the sixth string. Now make sure and try to angle your fingers
enough so that this finger are not deadening out the first string. If
I'm not careful, it'll sound like that. So if you're new to fingering the chords
then just take your hand off and start again.
Now just check and see if all the notes are sounding usually they're not if
you're just starting out so you move your fingers around a little bit and as
you can get the sound and then take your fingers off again. Do that for a while
and do it a little each day and over time it'll get better. But if you want to
try and start off with a more easy version, here's a very simple version,
version two. We're gonna put our first finger on the first fret and nothing
else. Now you play just the top four strings that is a G7.
You want to avoid the 6th and 5th string though it doesn't sound terribly bad if you
accidentally hit them. G7, you can always start this way and
then add the other two fingers as you get stronger and more experienced.
Now for the third version, this is a very popular one for electric guitar but very
useful for acoustic as well. It's a barre chord and because it's a
bar it's often difficult for brand-new beginners to do but something you work
into. So to make this chord you bar on the third fret then you place your third
finger on the fifth string fifth fret. Skip the fourth string and then put the
second finger down on the third string fourth fret.
Now when you're making bar chords you want to make sure and roll this finger
back a little bit and don't let this knuckle drop. It needs to be about even
or a little higher. I did make a whole video on how to prepare for bar chords.
I encourage you to watch that if you're gonna try this. It's much easier
if you prepare before just jumping into a bar chord and I'll put a card up there
somewhere one of these corners to my bar chord video to help you out. So those are
three versions. I have a bonus version for those who are ready for it. This is a
alternate version that is very useful but not as common. It looks like this.
Sound the chord first and explain it. One way to think about this is, it is
basically a D7 chord if you know that chord. Moved up to a G position so D7 E7
F half fret there and then G7. Now I refinger it so I can get my
first finger down on the fourth string. Again, I'm not hitting the 6th and 5th
strings. I'll finger it by telling you it's the
first finger on the fifth fret of the 4th string. I've got my third finger over
here on the seventh fret of the third string. Second finger is on the 2nd
string that's the sixth fret and then finally the pinky is on the first string
seventh fret. A lot of people learn this by just moving it up but if you don't
know the D7 yet that won't make any sense.
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