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The
A7 Chord
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A7 |
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The
A7 chord is built from the 5th degree of the D major scale and is
called a dominant chord. All dominant 7th chords are built from the
5th degree of a scale. |
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bottom to top : A
C# E G |
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This form sounds a little muddy on the guitar.
Below is a great form and easy to move around.
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Play this in 10th
position for an A7 chord. If you are playing an A blues you will want
to move it to 3rd position for D7 and 5th position for E7. |
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The chord form is built from the open C chord.
Add a Bb to an open C chord and you have C7. Try to block the 1st
and 6th string when playing these forms.
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Below we will learn
some different forms to play the A7 chord on strings 1 2 3 4. Watch
the video and then read through the rest of the lesson. |
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As long as the A
C# E G are played (regardless of order) we will hear an A7 dominant
chord. |
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2nd Position |
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5th Position |
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2nd Position - 1st
finger bars the 3 notes on the 2nd fret and your 2nd finger should
play the G. |
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5th Position - 1st
finger bars the 3 notes on the 5th fret and your 2nd finger should
play the C#. |
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7th Position
1st finger plays the A
2nd finger plays the G
3rd finger plays the E
4th finger plays the C#
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7th Position |
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10th Position - 1st finger on A, 2nd finger
on C#, 3rd finger on G and 4th finger on E.
14th Position - same as 2nd
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10th Position |
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14th Position |
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Try using the forms
from above and play this rhythm figure. |
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Download midi files
- If you have Cakewalk, Band in the Box or other
such programs you can download the midi files on this site and then
speed up and slow down as needed. |
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Other Free Lessons:
12
Bar Blues Lesson
Chords - Learn how to build the
7 diatonic triads
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