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A7/G Piano 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.

Piano

Recommended voicing
A3 · C#4 · E4 · G4

How to play the A7/G chord on piano

Play the recommended root-position voicing with the right hand: A3, C#4, E4 and G4. Suggested fingering is 1–2–3–5 (1 is the thumb).

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

Inversions

1st inversion
C#4 · E4 · G4 · A4
2nd inversion
E4 · G4 · A4 · C#5

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