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C7/G Guitar Chord

A tense chord that "wants" to resolve up a fourth. Essential for blues, jazz, rock'n'roll and funk. The added minor seventh creates characteristic tension. This is a slash chord — the bass note is G instead of the root.

Guitar

Strings 3–3–2–3–X–X

How to play the C7/G chord on guitar

Read the string pattern 3–3–2–3–X–X from the low E string to the high E string. Numbers in the pattern are frets; numbers in the colored dots are left-hand fingers. X means a muted string and 0 means an open string.

6th string (low E) Fret 3 · middle finger
5th string (A) Fret 3 · ring finger
4th string (D) Fret 2 · index finger
3rd string (G) Fret 3 · little finger
2nd string (B) Do not play
1st string (high E) Do not play

Notation for C7/G chord

Other names: C dominant 7th, C dom7, C 7

Music theory name: dominant seventh chord

Common name: C seven chord

Intervals and tones in C7/G chord

Note Interval
C Root
E Major 3rd
G Perfect 5th
B Minor 7th

All Variations

Open
3–3–2–3–X–X
Open
3–1–2–0–1–0
Fret 3
3–3–5–3–5–3

More chords with C as the root

The same chord type in other keys