Sevenths
G minor 7th chord
Smooth and soulful; a staple of jazz, R&B and funk.
Gm7 is the ii7 chord in F major, iii7 in E♭ major and vi7 in B♭ major. In minor keys: i7 in G minor and iv7 in D minor.
- Notes
- GB♭DF
- Formula
- 1♭35♭7
- Built from
- root · minor 3rd · perfect 5th · minor 7th
How to play Gm7
About the G minor 7th chord
Gm7 is the ii7 of F major and a staple of soul, funk and jazz in flat keys.
Playing it
On guitar, Gm7 has an open-position shape, 31303x, using four fingers alongside the open strings. Don’t strum the high E string.
On piano, Gm7 has one black key (B♭) and three white keys.
On ukulele the usual Gm7 shape is 0211, with a small 2-string barre at the 1st fret.
Related chords
Take away the root and the other three notes form B♭ (B♭ D F) — so you can think of Gm7 as B♭ with G added underneath.
Gm7 contains exactly the same notes as B♭6. Which name fits depends on which note is in the bass and what key you’re in.
Move a single note and Gm7 becomes a different chord: drop the F for Gm, raise B♭ to B for G7, lower F to E for Gm6 and swap B♭ for C for G7sus4.
Where you’ll hear it
You’ll find Gm7 in common progressions such as Gm7–C7–Fmaj7 (the jazz cadence in F major).
