D7 Guitar Chord

Today's Guitar Chord of the Day is D7. This chord is easy to play in open position and is used in thousands of songs. To remember this fingering you can think of it as a mirror image of a regular D major chord.
When playing this D7 Guitar Chord it's important not to play the bottom E string as this not is not in the chord.

7th chords are constructed using these scale degrees: 1, 3, 5, b7
D7 uses these notes: D, F#, A, C

Here is another fingering of the D7 chord. This inversion is in 3rd position and is simply a C7 chord moved up two frets.

Be careful not to play either E string when playing this chord.

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Today's Guitar Chord of the Day is D7. This chord is easy to play in open position and is used in thousands of songs. To remember this fingering you can think of it as a mirror image of a regular D major chord.
When playing this D7 Guitar Chord it's important not to play the bottom E string as this not is not in the chord.

7th chords are constructed using these scale degrees: 1, 3, 5, b7
D7 uses these notes: D, F#, A, C

Here is another fingering of the D7 chord. This inversion is in 3rd position and is simply a C7 chord moved up two frets.

Be careful not to play either E string when playing this chord.

Check back soon for another guitar chord of the day.

E7 Guitar Chord

Today's Guitar Chord of The Day is E7 and we're trying out to different fingerings of E7 in open position. Our first E7 chord is an easy guitar chord to play. Start with an E major chord and remove your 3rd finger.

This lets the open D string ring.

E7 uses these notes: E, G#, B, D
7th chords use the notes from the major scale: 1, 3, 5, b7

Our second way of playing the E7 Guitar Chord in open position also starts with playing a regular E major chord. This time you add your little finger on the 3rd fret of the B string.
Here is the fingering for this chord.

Try using this chords in a Blues progression in A or E and tune back soon for another guitar chord of the day.

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Today's Guitar Chord of The Day is E7 and we're trying out to different fingerings of E7 in open position. Our first E7 chord is an easy guitar chord to play. Start with an E major chord and remove your 3rd finger.

This lets the open D string ring.

E7 uses these notes: E, G#, B, D
7th chords use the notes from the major scale: 1, 3, 5, b7

Our second way of playing the E7 Guitar Chord in open position also starts with playing a regular E major chord. This time you add your little finger on the 3rd fret of the B string.
Here is the fingering for this chord.

Try using this chords in a Blues progression in A or E and tune back soon for another guitar chord of the day.

G7 Guitar Chord

Today's Guitar Chord of the Day is G7. The G7 chord is a common chord in the key of C and is also used in Blues chord progressions.
The first fingering of this guitar chord is in open position. Note that it has one note different to a standard open G chord.
It's easy to play this chord with your first finger on the 1st fret of the E string, 2nd finger on the 2nd fret of the A string and 3rd finger on the 3rd fret of the bottom E string.

7th chords use the following notes: 1, 3, 5, b7
G7 uses these notes: G, B, D, F

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Today's Guitar Chord of the Day is G7. The G7 chord is a common chord in the key of C and is also used in Blues chord progressions.
The first fingering of this guitar chord is in open position. Note that it has one note different to a standard open G chord.
It's easy to play this chord with your first finger on the 1st fret of the E string, 2nd finger on the 2nd fret of the A string and 3rd finger on the 3rd fret of the bottom E string.

7th chords use the following notes: 1, 3, 5, b7
G7 uses these notes: G, B, D, F

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A7 Guitar Chord

Today's Guitar Chord of the Day is A7. This open guitar chord is commonly used and is easy to play.
This fingering is very easy to play, starting with an open A major chord take off your middle finger and you have an A7 Guitar Chord:

Here is another way to play an A7 chord in open position:
Play an open A major chord and add your little finger on the 3rd fret of the top E string.

7th chords are very common in blues, A7 is also used in songs in the key of D major.

7th chords use these notes from the major scale: 1, 3, 5, b7
A7 uses these notes: A, C#, E, G

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Today's Guitar Chord of the Day is A7. This open guitar chord is commonly used and is easy to play.
This fingering is very easy to play, starting with an open A major chord take off your middle finger and you have an A7 Guitar Chord:

Here is another way to play an A7 chord in open position:
Play an open A major chord and add your little finger on the 3rd fret of the top E string.

7th chords are very common in blues, A7 is also used in songs in the key of D major.

7th chords use these notes from the major scale: 1, 3, 5, b7
A7 uses these notes: A, C#, E, G

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C7 Guitar Chord

Today's guitar chord of the day is C7, another beginner's guitar chord. This chord is easy to play: start with a regular open C major chord and add you little finger on the 3rd fret of the G string. Here is the C7 chord using a chord, standard notation and tab

7th chords are used lots in 12 bar blues progressions, in pop songs the C7 is usually followed by an F major chord.

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Today's guitar chord of the day is C7, another beginner's guitar chord. This chord is easy to play: start with a regular open C major chord and add you little finger on the 3rd fret of the G string. Here is the C7 chord using a chord, standard notation and tab

7th chords are used lots in 12 bar blues progressions, in pop songs the C7 is usually followed by an F major chord.

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B7 Guitar Chord | Beginners Guitar Chords

The B7 guitar chord is a really useful chord for beginners to learn. Played together with E Major and A Major chords it can be used to play countless songs from 50's rock 'n' roll, through to contemporary pop.

To play this guitar chord shape, put your middle finger on the 2nd fret of the A string, 1st finger on the 1st fret of the D string. 3rd finger on the 2nd fret of the G string and your little finger on the 2nd fret of the top E String.

The B7 chord uses the notes: B, D#, F# A

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The B7 guitar chord is a really useful chord for beginners to learn. Played together with E Major and A Major chords it can be used to play countless songs from 50's rock 'n' roll, through to contemporary pop.

To play this guitar chord shape, put your middle finger on the 2nd fret of the A string, 1st finger on the 1st fret of the D string. 3rd finger on the 2nd fret of the G string and your little finger on the 2nd fret of the top E String.

The B7 chord uses the notes: B, D#, F# A

Frank Gambale Magic Chords 4

Today's Guitar Chord of the Day continues our series looking at Frank Gambale's Magic Chords.
Here's the fingering for this guitar chord:

As with yesterday's inversion, today's Chord of the Day can be considered in many different ways.

C, D, G
Csus2 (1, 2, 5)
D11(b7, 1, 11)
Ebmajor 13 (13, 7, 3)
F69 (5, 6, 9)
Gsus4 (4, 5, 1)
Abmaj7#11 (3, #11, 7)
Am11 (b3, 11, b7)
Bb69 (9, 3, 6)

We can use our one Magic Chord in place of 8 different chords all with the same fingering in the same position. The chord can function as:

C, D, F, Bb and G dominant 7th chords
C, Eb, F, Bb, Ab, G major7th chords
C, A, D, G, F minor 7th chords

We've looked at using the Magic chord as major7 and minor7 chords, today we'll look at using the Magic Chord as a Dominant 7th chord.  For example, we could play this inversion in the following positions and it could function as a C7:

2nd position C13 (D, G, A, D)
5th position C11 (F, Bb, C, F)
7th position C9 (G, C, D, G)
9th position C69 (A, D, E, A)
12th position C11 (C, F, G, C)

Try playing through some songs you know and dropping in other Frank Gambale Magic Chords in place of major and minor inversions you might use and tune in tomorrow for another Guitar Chord of the Day. 

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Today's Guitar Chord of the Day continues our series looking at Frank Gambale's Magic Chords.
Here's the fingering for this guitar chord:

As with yesterday's inversion, today's Chord of the Day can be considered in many different ways.

C, D, G
Csus2 (1, 2, 5)
D11(b7, 1, 11)
Ebmajor 13 (13, 7, 3)
F69 (5, 6, 9)
Gsus4 (4, 5, 1)
Abmaj7#11 (3, #11, 7)
Am11 (b3, 11, b7)
Bb69 (9, 3, 6)

We can use our one Magic Chord in place of 8 different chords all with the same fingering in the same position. The chord can function as:

C, D, F, Bb and G dominant 7th chords
C, Eb, F, Bb, Ab, G major7th chords
C, A, D, G, F minor 7th chords

We've looked at using the Magic chord as major7 and minor7 chords, today we'll look at using the Magic Chord as a Dominant 7th chord.  For example, we could play this inversion in the following positions and it could function as a C7:

2nd position C13 (D, G, A, D)
5th position C11 (F, Bb, C, F)
7th position C9 (G, C, D, G)
9th position C69 (A, D, E, A)
12th position C11 (C, F, G, C)

Try playing through some songs you know and dropping in other Frank Gambale Magic Chords in place of major and minor inversions you might use and tune in tomorrow for another Guitar Chord of the Day. 

Blues Guitar Chords: Chord Scale

Today's guitar chord of the day post takes a different turn and includes eight guitar chords! We've looked at some of these chord inversions but this post puts them in a new context.

All of the chords presented are inversions or extensions of C7, so can be played in place of C7 in a blues progression. The interesting thing about this progression is that the top note of the series of chords plays through a C Mixolydian Scale.

The first is a C7 chord with a C root note on top

The second chord is a C9 chord with the 9th, D on top.

The third chord is a C7 chord with the 3rd, E on top.

The fourth chord is a C11 chord with the 11th, F on top.

The fifth chord is a C9 chord with the 5th, G on top.

The sixth chord is a C13 chord with the 13th, A on top.

The seventh chord is a C7 chord with the 7th, Bb on top.

The final chord is a C7 chord with the root note, C on top.

As we can play any one of these chords in place of a regular C7 we can play melodies with our rhythm parts - this sounds much more interesting than playing just one inversion for an extended period of time. Try linking these together and making up your own combinations of these chords and tune in tomorrow for another guitar chord of the day.

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Today's guitar chord of the day post takes a different turn and includes eight guitar chords! We've looked at some of these chord inversions but this post puts them in a new context.

All of the chords presented are inversions or extensions of C7, so can be played in place of C7 in a blues progression. The interesting thing about this progression is that the top note of the series of chords plays through a C Mixolydian Scale.

The first is a C7 chord with a C root note on top

The second chord is a C9 chord with the 9th, D on top.

The third chord is a C7 chord with the 3rd, E on top.

The fourth chord is a C11 chord with the 11th, F on top.

The fifth chord is a C9 chord with the 5th, G on top.

The sixth chord is a C13 chord with the 13th, A on top.

The seventh chord is a C7 chord with the 7th, Bb on top.

The final chord is a C7 chord with the root note, C on top.

As we can play any one of these chords in place of a regular C7 we can play melodies with our rhythm parts - this sounds much more interesting than playing just one inversion for an extended period of time. Try linking these together and making up your own combinations of these chords and tune in tomorrow for another guitar chord of the day.

Blues Guitar Chords.. the easy way!

Today kicks off a new series of Blues Guitar Chords.


Blues progressions typically follows a 12 bar pattern based around three Dominant 7th Chords:


||: A7  |  D7  |  A7  |  A7  |  D7  |  D7  |  A7  |  A7  |  E7  |  D7  |  A7  |  E7  :||


There are lots of variations of this basic progression, but they all tend to be elaborations of the basic 3 chord 12 bar above.


We've look at many different ways of playing dominant 7th chords on the guitar before, but today we'll look at playing through a blues progression with the least possible effort

7th chords use these degrees of the major scale: 1, 3, 5, b7
A7 uses the notes: A, C#, E, G

If you're playing with a band you can be sure that the bass player will be playing the root note. The most important notes of the chord are the 3rd and 7th, in A that's C# and G. So today's guitar chord will just play these two essential notes of the chord:
As you can see, this is the easiest way to play through a blues chord progression, only two fingers needed!

The great thing about this is when you play through the blue chord progression, you don't have to jump up to the 10th fret to play your D7 chord, keep the fingering exactly the same and move down one fret:

D7: D, F#, A, C

To play the E7 chord, keep the fingering exactly the same and move up one fret:

 E7: E, G#, B, D
We can now play through the whole 12 bar blues progression with one shape and moving only one fret in either direction.As well as being easy to play this demonstrate an important idea when linking chords together: voice leading, that is making sure that chords flow by having each note move a small distance to the next.

We'll be building up from our basic Blues Guitar Chord progression day by day, so tune up and tune in tomorrow for another Guitar Chord Of The Day

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Today kicks off a new series of Blues Guitar Chords.


Blues progressions typically follows a 12 bar pattern based around three Dominant 7th Chords:


||: A7  |  D7  |  A7  |  A7  |  D7  |  D7  |  A7  |  A7  |  E7  |  D7  |  A7  |  E7  :||


There are lots of variations of this basic progression, but they all tend to be elaborations of the basic 3 chord 12 bar above.


We've look at many different ways of playing dominant 7th chords on the guitar before, but today we'll look at playing through a blues progression with the least possible effort

7th chords use these degrees of the major scale: 1, 3, 5, b7
A7 uses the notes: A, C#, E, G

If you're playing with a band you can be sure that the bass player will be playing the root note. The most important notes of the chord are the 3rd and 7th, in A that's C# and G. So today's guitar chord will just play these two essential notes of the chord:
As you can see, this is the easiest way to play through a blues chord progression, only two fingers needed!

The great thing about this is when you play through the blue chord progression, you don't have to jump up to the 10th fret to play your D7 chord, keep the fingering exactly the same and move down one fret:

D7: D, F#, A, C

To play the E7 chord, keep the fingering exactly the same and move up one fret:

 E7: E, G#, B, D
We can now play through the whole 12 bar blues progression with one shape and moving only one fret in either direction.As well as being easy to play this demonstrate an important idea when linking chords together: voice leading, that is making sure that chords flow by having each note move a small distance to the next.

We'll be building up from our basic Blues Guitar Chord progression day by day, so tune up and tune in tomorrow for another Guitar Chord Of The Day