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C7/G Piano 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.

Piano

Recommended voicing
C4 · E4 · G4 · Bb4

How to play the C7/G chord on piano

Play the recommended root-position voicing with the right hand: C4, E4, G4 and Bb4. Suggested fingering is 1–2–3–5 (1 is the thumb).

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

Inversions

1st inversion
E4 · G4 · Bb4 · C5
2nd inversion
G4 · Bb4 · C5 · E5

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