Cavaquinho · Seventh chord

A7A Seventh

  • Key: D Major
  • Easy
  • Popular
  • Open chord

A7 is the A seventh chord on cavaquinho, made of the notes A · C# · E · G.

A7 — A Seventh · Cavaquinho123456234DBGD

Other positions

Notes

  • A
  • C#
  • E
  • G

Structure

  1. 1
  2. 3
  3. 5
  4. ♭7
Sound
Dominant seventh
Tense, bluesy
Harmonic function
Dominant
Creates tension that resolves to the tonic.

Harmonic field of D Major

DegreeChordFunction
IDTonic
iiEmSubdominant
iiiF#mTonic relative
IVGSubdominant
VADominant
viBmTonic relative
vii°C#dimDominant

How to play

  1. 1Place your middle finger on fret 2 of string 4.
  2. 2Place your ring finger on fret 2 of string 2.
  3. 3Place your pinky on fret 2 of string 1.
  4. 4Let string 3 ring open.
  5. 5Strum all the strings.

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