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A7/G Guitar Chord

A tense chord that "wants" to resolve up a fourth. Essential for blues, jazz, rock'n'roll and funk. The added minor seventh creates characteristic tension. This is a slash chord — the bass note is G instead of the root.

Guitar

Strings 3–0–2–0–2–0

How to play the A7/G chord on guitar

Read the string pattern 3–0–2–0–2–0 from the low E string to the high E string. Numbers in the pattern are frets; numbers in the colored dots are left-hand fingers. X means a muted string and 0 means an open string.

6th string (low E) Fret 3 · ring finger
5th string (A) Play open
4th string (D) Fret 2 · index finger
3rd string (G) Play open
2nd string (B) Fret 2 · middle finger
1st string (high E) Play open

Notation for A7/G chord

Other names: A dominant 7th, A dom7, A 7

Music theory name: dominant seventh chord

Common name: A seven chord

Intervals and tones in A7/G chord

Note Interval
A Root
C# Major 3rd
E Perfect 5th
G Minor 7th

More chords with A as the root

The same chord type in other keys