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A dominant seventh arpeggio for guitar (A7)

Notes, positions, and fretboard fingerings for the A dominant seventh arpeggio (A7): A · C# · E · G.

Instrument
Root
Chord
Triads
Sevenths
Position (CAGED)
Frets15
1224
Chord
A7
AC#EG
E
B
G
D
A
E
EGAC#EGC#EGAC#GAC#EGAEGAC#EAC#EGAEGAC#EG35791512
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Legend

A
Root
· R
C#
Third
· 3
E
Fifth
· 5
G
Seventh
· ♭7

Arpeggio sheet

A7
Formula (degrees)
R 3 5 ♭7
Notes in key
A C# E G
Typical use
Over the dominant chord (V7).

A dominant seventh

The A dominant seventh arpeggio is made up of: A · C# · E · G.

The dominant seventh arpeggio: major triad plus minor seventh, the defining sound of the V degree that pulls toward resolution on the tonic.