A7 chord on 8-String Guitar – Half Step Down

in Half Step Down (F-A#-D#-G#-C#-F#-A#-D#) tuning

✕✕✕○✕✕12AC#G
A7
Dominant 7
Notes:A · C# · E · G
easy
Piano Left hand Right hand
AAAEGC#
ShapeFretsFingersNotesDifficulty
x x x 1 0 1 x x– – – 1 – 2 – –x x x A C# G x xeasy
2 6 6 5 x x x x1 3 4 2 – – – –G E A C# x x x xhard
4 3 4 5 3 3 3 x2 1 3 4 1 1 1 –A C# G C# E A C# xmedium · barre on fret 3
4 6 4 5 0 x x x1 3 1 2 – – – –A E G C# C# x x xmedium · barre on fret 4
x x 6 5 6 x x x– – 2 1 3 – – –x x A C# G x x xeasy
x x 6 8 6 7 6 6– – 1 3 1 2 1 1x x A E G C# E Amedium · barre on fret 6
x x x x 8 7 9 x– – – – 2 1 3 –x x x x A C# G xmedium
x x x x 8 10 9 10– – – – 1 3 2 4x x x x A E G C#medium
x 11 x 11 0 10 9 x– 3 – 4 – 2 1 –x A x G C# E G xhard
x 11 10 11 12 10 x x– 2 1 3 4 1 – –x A C# G C# E x xmedium · barre on fret 10
x 11 x 11 0 x x x– 1 – 2 – – – –x A x G C# x x xeasy
x x x 1 3 1 3 1– – – 1 2 1 3 1x x x A E G C# Emedium · barre on fret 1
2 3 6 5 x x x x1 2 4 3 – – – –G C# A C# x x x xhard
4 3 4 5 3 3 x x2 1 3 4 1 1 – –A C# G C# E A x xmedium · barre on fret 3
4 6 4 5 6 x x x1 3 1 2 4 – – –A E G C# G x x xmedium · barre on fret 4
x x 6 5 6 7 x x– – 2 1 3 4 – –x x A C# G C# x xmedium

The A7 chord (Dominant 7) is built from the notes A, C#, E, G. Below are playable fingerings for 8-String Guitar – Half Step Down 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.