Six String Guitar · Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C7C Dominant 7th

CRoot

Etone

Gtone

A♯tone

Formula 1 · 3 · 5 · ♭7 · Notes C · E · G · A♯

How to play it

C7 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).

C Dominant 7th guitar chord — Open (0 0 0 2 1 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Dominant 7th guitar chord — Open (x x 0 2 1 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Dominant 7th guitar chord — D-shape, 5th (x 5 7 5 7 5) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Dominant 7th guitar chord — D-shape, 12th (x x 12 14 13 14) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Dominant 7th guitar chord — D-shape, 12th (12 12 12 14 13 14) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Dominant 7th guitar chord — D-shape, 17th (x 17 19 17 19 17) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Dominant 7th guitar chord — Open (0 0 x x 1 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Dominant 7th guitar chord — Open (0 0 0 x 1 2) fretboard diagram in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Read it as tab

C7 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.

C Dominant 7th guitar tab — Open (0 0 0 2 1 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Dominant 7th guitar tab — Open (x x 0 2 1 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Dominant 7th guitar tab — D-shape, 5th (x 5 7 5 7 5) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Dominant 7th guitar tab — D-shape, 12th (x x 12 14 13 14) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Dominant 7th guitar tab — D-shape, 12th (12 12 12 14 13 14) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Dominant 7th guitar tab — D-shape, 17th (x 17 19 17 19 17) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Dominant 7th guitar tab — Open (0 0 x x 1 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

C Dominant 7th guitar tab — Open (0 0 0 x 1 2) in Drop C Tuning (CGCFAD)

Sound

How C7 sounds

Consonance

3/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

bluesyconfidentunresolved

Genres

bluesjazzrock

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesC · E · G · A♯

Formula (scale degrees)1 · 3 · 5 · ♭7

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