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C7 Ukulele 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.

Ukulele

C7 chord for ukulele – fingering 0–0–0–1, chord diagram

Strings 0–0–0–1

How to play the C7 chord on ukulele

Read the string pattern 0–0–0–1 from the G string to the A string. Numbers in the pattern are frets; numbers in the colored dots are left-hand fingers. 0 means an open string and X means a muted string.

4th string (G) Play open

3rd string (C) Play open

2nd string (E) Play open

1st string (A) Fret 1 · index finger

Notation for C7 chord

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

Music theory name: dominant seventh chord

Common name: C seven chord

Intervals and tones in C7 chord

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

All Variations

C7 chord for ukulele, variation 1

Open

0–0–0–1

C7 chord for ukulele, variation 2

Open

3–4–3–3

C7 chord for ukulele, variation 3 from fret 5

Fret 5

5–7–6–7

C7 chord for ukulele, variation 4 from fret 8

Fret 8

9–10–8–10

Songs using C7

Růže z papíru

Jaromír Nohavica

Rychlík jede do Prahy

Růže z Texasu

Waldemar Matuška

Jaroslav Uhlíř, Zdeněk Svěrák

Život je jen náhoda

Ježek, Voskovec, Werich

Až to se mnou sekne

Jaromír Nohavica