Electric guitar · Seventh chord

G#7 Seventh

Key: C# Major
Medium

G#7 is the G# seventh chord on electric guitar, made of the notes G# · C · D# · F.

Notes

G#
C
D#
F

Structure

1
3
5
♭7

Sound: Dominant seventh; Tense, bluesy
Harmonic function: Dominant; Creates tension that resolves to the tonic.

Harmonic field of C# Major

Degree	Chord	Function
I	C#	Tonic
ii	D#m	Subdominant
iii	Fm	Tonic relative
IV	F#	Subdominant
V	G#	Dominant
vi	A#m	Tonic relative
vii°	Cdim	Dominant

How to play

1Barre fret 4 with your index finger, from string 6 to string 1.
2Place your middle finger on fret 5 of string 3.
3Place your ring finger on fret 6 of string 5.
4Strum all the strings.