Cavaquinho · Seventh chord

E7E Seventh

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

E7 is the E seventh chord on cavaquinho, made of the notes E · G# · B · D.

E7 — E Seventh · Cavaquinho12345621DBGD

Other positions

Notes

  • E
  • G#
  • B
  • D

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 A Major

DegreeChordFunction
IATonic
iiBmSubdominant
iiiC#mTonic relative
IVDSubdominant
VEDominant
viF#mTonic relative
vii°G#dimDominant

How to play

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

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