A7 Chord Forms
Drop Voicing Inversions of A7 on Strings 1 2 3 4
Streamed Guitar Lesson
Difficulty: Intermediate/Advanced
Video Time: 1:14:45
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A7 is called a dominant 7th chord built from the 5th degree of a D major scale, D Harmonic minor and a D Melodic minor. All dominant chords are built from the 5th degree of a scale.
To the right shows a fretboard and the only way we would be able to play the A7 chord in root position. Note that this is a rather muddy way to play this chord. Let's look at some other ways:
Here is one common way to play A7. This is in 10th position. Notice it does not have an E however you could let your high E string ring. You could let your low E string ring too but you will probably find it sounds muddy and if you do should be written as a slash chord called A7/E
You may recognize the A7 shape as your C7 shape in 1st position. If you took away the Bb you would have your open C chord.
2nd and 5th Position
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A7 in 2nd
A7 in 5th
7th Position
A7 in 7th
10th and 14th Position
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A7 in 10th
A7 in 14th
