A7 chord on 12-String Guitar – Drop C#

in Drop C# (C#-C#-G#-G#-C#-C#-F#-F#-A#-A#-D#-D#) tuning

✕✕○○✕✕✕✕1122AAC#C#GG
A7
Dominant 7
Notes:A · C# · E · G
easy
Piano Left hand Right hand
AAAEGC#
ShapeFretsFingersNotesDifficulty
x x 1 1 0 0 1 1 x x x x– – 1 1 – – 2 2 – – – –x x A A C# C# G G x x x xeasy
x x x x x x 3 3 3 3 4 4– – – – – – 1 1 2 2 3 3x x x x x x A A C# C# G Geasy
x x x x 8 8 7 7 6 6 4 4– – – – 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1x x x x A A C# C# E E G Ghard
8 8 5 5 6 6 7 7 x x x x4 4 1 1 2 2 3 3 – – – –A A C# C# G G C# C# x x x xmedium
8 8 8 8 6 6 7 7 6 6 6 63 3 4 4 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1A A E E G G C# C# E E A Amedium · barre on fret 6
8 8 8 8 0 0 7 7 9 9 x x2 2 3 3 – – 1 1 4 4 – –A A E E C# C# C# C# G G x xmedium
8 8 8 8 8 8 10 10 9 9 10 101 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 2 2 4 4A A E E A A E E G G C# C#medium · barre on fret 8
0 0 11 11 0 0 10 10 11 11 10 10– – 2 2 – – 1 1 3 3 1 1C# C# G G C# C# E E A A C# C#easy · barre on fret 10
12 12 11 11 12 12 x x 11 11 x x3 3 1 1 4 4 – – 2 2 – –C# C# G G C# C# x x A A x xhard
x x 1 1 3 3 1 1 3 3 1 1– – 1 1 2 2 1 1 3 3 1 1x x A A E E G G C# C# E Emedium · barre on fret 1
3 3 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 41 1 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2E E C# C# E E A A C# C# G Gmedium · barre on fret 3
8 8 x x 0 0 7 7 6 6 4 44 4 – – – – 3 3 2 2 1 1A A x x C# C# C# C# E E G Ghard
8 8 5 5 6 6 x x x x x x3 3 1 1 2 2 – – – – – –A A C# C# G G x x x x x xmedium
8 8 8 8 6 6 7 7 6 6 x x3 3 4 4 1 1 2 2 1 1 – –A A E E G G C# C# E E x xmedium · barre on fret 6
x x x x 8 8 7 7 9 9 x x– – – – 2 2 1 1 3 3 – –x x x x A A C# C# G G x xmedium
8 8 8 8 0 0 10 10 9 9 x x1 1 2 2 – – 4 4 3 3 – –A A E E C# C# E E G G x xmedium

The A7 chord (Dominant 7) is built from the notes A, C#, E, G. Below are playable fingerings for 12-String Guitar – Drop C# generated for your selected tuning, ordered from open-position shapes up the neck. Tap a diagram to hear it, or switch to the piano view to see the same harmony on keys.

How the A7 chord is built

Formula: 1 · 3 · 5 · ♭7

DegreeSemitonesNote
10A
34C#
57E
♭710G

More A chords

Other roots

See A7 in another tuning

What notes make up the A7 chord?

A7 is a Dominant 7 chord built from the notes A, C#, E, G.

How do I read the diagram?

Strings run left to right from the lowest to the first string; the numbers show which finger presses each fret. An ○ marks an open string, an ✕ marks a muted one.