A7 Guitar Chord

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

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:

Here is another way to play an A7 chord in open position:
Play an open A major chord and add your little finger on the 3rd fret of the top E string.

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.