Six String Guitar · Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

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

Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2, 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 — D-shape, 4th (x x 6 6 6 4) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
C Dominant 7th guitar chord — D-shape, 4th (6 6 4 6 6 4) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
C Dominant 7th guitar chord — D-shape, 9th (x 11 10 9 9 10) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
C Dominant 7th guitar chord — D-shape, 16th (x x 18 18 18 16) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
C Dominant 7th guitar chord — D-shape, 16th (18 18 16 18 18 16) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
C Dominant 7th guitar chord — 3rd position (6 3 x 0 6 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
C Dominant 7th guitar chord — 3rd position (6 6 x 0 3 x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
C Dominant 7th guitar chord — 3rd position (6 3 x x 6 4) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
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 — D-shape, 4th (x x 6 6 6 4) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
C Dominant 7th guitar tab — D-shape, 4th (6 6 4 6 6 4) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
C Dominant 7th guitar tab — D-shape, 9th (x 11 10 9 9 10) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
C Dominant 7th guitar tab — D-shape, 16th (x x 18 18 18 16) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
C Dominant 7th guitar tab — D-shape, 16th (18 18 16 18 18 16) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
C Dominant 7th guitar tab — 3rd position (6 3 x 0 6 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
C Dominant 7th guitar tab — 3rd position (6 6 x 0 3 x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
C Dominant 7th guitar tab — 3rd position (6 3 x x 6 4) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2
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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