Monday, April 26, 2010

12 Dominant 7th Guitar Chords - Number 10

Our next chord in our series of 12 Guitar Chords every guitarist should know is another G7 chord on the bottom 4 strings of the guitar.

Dominant 7th Guitar Chord
Dom 7th guitar chords


Here's the fingering for this guitar chord:
G7 guitar chord


This guitar chord has its root note on the D string and uses the notes of G7 in this order:
  • B (the 3rd)
  • F (the b7th)
  • G (the root note)
  • D (the 5th)
We can easily vary all of the dominant 7th guitar chords we've looked at so far:
  • Lower the 3rd one fret to make a minor7 chord
  • Raise the b7 one fret to make a major7 chord
  • Raise the root two frets to make a 9th chord
And so on, we'll look at the full range of altering these chords to get even more mileage out of them in future posts. For now, be sure to practice all of the dominant 7th guitar chords we've looked at so far and play them in different keys too.

Tune in tomorrow for another guitar chord of the day.

Our next chord in our series of 12 Guitar Chords every guitarist should know is another G7 chord on the bottom 4 strings of the guitar.
Dominant 7th Guitar Chord
Dom 7th guitar chords


Here's the fingering for this guitar chord:
G7 guitar chord


This guitar chord has its root note on the D string and uses the notes of G7 in this order:
  • B (the 3rd)
  • F (the b7th)
  • G (the root note)
  • D (the 5th)
We can easily vary all of the dominant 7th guitar chords we've looked at so far:
  • Lower the 3rd one fret to make a minor7 chord
  • Raise the b7 one fret to make a major7 chord
  • Raise the root two frets to make a 9th chord
And so on, we'll look at the full range of altering these chords to get even more mileage out of them in future posts. For now, be sure to practice all of the dominant 7th guitar chords we've looked at so far and play them in different keys too.

Tune in tomorrow for another guitar chord of the day.

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