Banjo A7 chord (Double C)A seventh on the 5-string banjo: 1 2 1 2, and 6 more shapes

A7 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Double C tuning: 1 2 1 2, first position, with the short 5th string marked
A7 (A seventh) on the 5-string banjo, Double C: 1 2 1 2, string 4 to string 1 (5th string completes it). Fingers are numbered on the dots; copper marks the root; the green ring on the left is the 5th string, solid when it’s in the chord.

Frets, string 4 to string 1: 1 2 1 2 (first position) · 5th string completes it

  1. String 4 (C): 1st fret, index finger (barre), C♯
  2. String 3 (G): 2nd fret, middle finger, A
  3. String 2 (C): 1st fret, index finger (barre), C♯
  4. String 1 (D): 2nd fret, ring finger, E
  5. String 5, the short g: open, G, in the chord

Sounds: C♯ A C♯ E  ·  A7 is A, C♯, E, G (1 · 3 · 5 · ♭7)

The 5th string: the short g is the ♭7 of A7, so let it ring.

Double C tuning: gCGCD, the short 5th string first, then strings 4 to 1.

Hear it in the app ›

The link can’t set the tuning: the app starts in open G. Choose Double C once in its Settings and it remembers.

More A7 shapes

  1. 123gC♯GC♯E1 0 1 2
    open · no root
  2. 142gC♯GEE1 0 4 2
    open · no root
  3. 412gEGC♯E4 0 1 2
    open · no root
  4. 4fr1234gEC♯GA4 6 7 7
    4fr
  5. 6fr2134gGC♯GA7 6 7 7
    6fr · no 5th
  6. 9fr1113gAEAC♯9 9 9 11
    9fr · 5th string completes it

Other A chords in Double C

AAmA7Am7Amaj7A6Asus4Asus2AdimAaug

Other seventh chords

G7A7D7C7B7E7F7B♭7E♭7F♯7C♯7A♭7

A7 in other tunings

Open GSawmillOpen DC Tuning

All Double C banjo chords · Printable chart (PDF) · How to tune · The app