Six String Guitar · Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A7A Dominant 7th

F♯Root

A♯tone

C♯tone

Etone

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

How to play it

A7 fingering positions

Open C Tuning (CGCGCE), 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 guitar chord — D-shape, 9th (9 12 9 9 9 9) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

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

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

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

A Dominant 7th guitar chord — Open (x 2 1 0 4 x) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Dominant 7th guitar chord — Open (x 2 1 0 4 0) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Dominant 7th guitar chord — Open (x 2 4 0 1 x) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Dominant 7th guitar chord — Open (x 2 4 0 1 0) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Read it as tab

A7 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 guitar tab — D-shape, 9th (9 12 9 9 9 9) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

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

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

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

A Dominant 7th guitar tab — Open (x 2 1 0 4 x) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Dominant 7th guitar tab — Open (x 2 1 0 4 0) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Dominant 7th guitar tab — Open (x 2 4 0 1 x) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Dominant 7th guitar tab — Open (x 2 4 0 1 0) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

Sound

How A7 sounds

Consonance

3/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

bluesyconfidentunresolved

Genres

bluesjazzrock

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · C♯ · E

Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · 3 · 5

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