Five String Banjo · Open G (gDGBD)

A+7A Augmented 7th

F♯Root
A♯tone
Dtone
Etone

Formula 6 · ♭2 · 4 · 5  ·  Notes F♯ · A♯ · D · E

How to play it

A+7 fingering positions

Open G (gDGBD), low E on the left. Each dot is colour-coded by note — the ringed dot is the root. Numbers below show the fret per string (x = muted).

A Augmented 7th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 2 3 5) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)
A Augmented 7th guitar chord — 5th position (7 6 6 x 5) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)
A Augmented 7th guitar chord — 5th position (7 6 6 5 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)
A Augmented 7th guitar chord — 5th position (7 6 6 5 5) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)
A Augmented 7th guitar chord — 5th position (7 6 6 5 7) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)
A Augmented 7th guitar chord — 5th position (7 6 6 7 5) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)
A Augmented 7th guitar chord — 14th position (x 14 14 15 17) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)
A Augmented 7th guitar chord — 14th position (x 14 14 17 15) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)
Read it as tab

A+7 guitar tab

The same voicings in tablature — high e on top, low E on the bottom. Each fret number is colour-coded by note; the ringed number is the root, × means don’t play that string.

A Augmented 7th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 2 3 5) in Open G (gDGBD)
A Augmented 7th guitar tab — 5th position (7 6 6 x 5) in Open G (gDGBD)
A Augmented 7th guitar tab — 5th position (7 6 6 5 x) in Open G (gDGBD)
A Augmented 7th guitar tab — 5th position (7 6 6 5 5) in Open G (gDGBD)
A Augmented 7th guitar tab — 5th position (7 6 6 5 7) in Open G (gDGBD)
A Augmented 7th guitar tab — 5th position (7 6 6 7 5) in Open G (gDGBD)
A Augmented 7th guitar tab — 14th position (x 14 14 15 17) in Open G (gDGBD)
A Augmented 7th guitar tab — 14th position (x 14 14 17 15) in Open G (gDGBD)
Sound

How A+7 sounds

Consonance
2/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
restlessbluesyunstable
Genres
jazzblues
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · D · E
Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · 4 · 5
Same notes asA7♯5
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More ways to play A Augmented 7th

Browse the rest of the A chords in this tuning, or open A+7 in the app for every voicing.

A+7 in other tunings:

C / Drop CSawmill / Mountain ModalOpen D

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