Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A7(add4)A Dominant 7th Added 4th

F♯Root

A♯tone

Btone

C♯tone

Etone

Formula 6 · ♭2 · 2 · 3 · 5 · Notes F♯ · A♯ · B · C♯ · E

How to play it

A7(add4) fingering positions

Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD), 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 Dominant 7th Added 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 4 2 4 0) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Dominant 7th Added 4th guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 2 2 4 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Dominant 7th Added 4th guitar chord — 6th position (9 6 7 9 7 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Dominant 7th Added 4th guitar chord — 6th position (9 6 7 9 7 7) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Dominant 7th Added 4th guitar chord — 7th position (9 7 7 8 7 x) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Dominant 7th Added 4th guitar chord — 7th position (9 7 7 8 7 7) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Dominant 7th Added 4th guitar chord — 9th position (9 9 x 9 10 11) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Dominant 7th Added 4th guitar chord — 9th position (9 9 9 9 10 11) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

A7(add4) 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 Dominant 7th Added 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 4 2 4 0) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Dominant 7th Added 4th guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 2 2 4 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Dominant 7th Added 4th guitar tab — 6th position (9 6 7 9 7 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Dominant 7th Added 4th guitar tab — 6th position (9 6 7 9 7 7) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Dominant 7th Added 4th guitar tab — 7th position (9 7 7 8 7 x) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Dominant 7th Added 4th guitar tab — 7th position (9 7 7 8 7 7) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Dominant 7th Added 4th guitar tab — 9th position (9 9 x 9 10 11) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

A Dominant 7th Added 4th guitar tab — 9th position (9 9 9 9 10 11) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How A7(add4) sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

crowdedbluesy

Genres

blues

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · B · C♯ · E

Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · 2 · 3 · 5

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