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Wednesday, 17 July 2013

A7 Guitar Chord

Today's Guitar Chord of the Day is A7. This open guitar chord is commonly used and is easy to play.
A7 Guitar Chord Box
A7 guitar chord


This fingering is very easy to play, starting with an open A major chord take off your middle finger and you have an A7 Guitar Chord:

A7 Guitar Chord

Here is another way to play an A7 chord in open position:
A7 Guitar Chord Box

A7 guitar chord

Play an open A major chord and add your little finger on the 3rd fret of the top E string.

A7 Guitar Chord
7th chords are very common in blues, A7 is also used in songs in the key of D major.

7th chords use these notes from the major scale: 1, 3, 5, b7
A7 uses these notes: A, C#, E, G

Check back soon for another guitar chord of the day.