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

A7 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Sawmill tuning: 2 2 1 2, first position, with the short 5th string marked — A7 (A seventh) on the 5-string banjo, Sawmill: 2 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: 2 2 1 2 (first position) · 5th string completes it

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

Sounds: E 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.

Sawmill tuning: gDGCD, 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 Sawmill once in its Settings and it remembers.

More A7 shapes

2 0 1 2
open · no root
2 2 4 2
at the nut · no 3rd, 5th string completes it
7 6 4 5
4fr
7 6 7 7
6fr · no 5th
11 9 9 11
9fr · 5th string completes it
11 14 13 14
11fr · 5th string completes it

Other A chords in Sawmill

A AmA7Am7 Amaj7 A6 Asus4 Asus2 Adim Aaug

Other seventh chords

G7A7D7 C7 B7 E7 F7 B♭7 E♭7 F♯7 C♯7 A♭7

A7 in other tunings

Open G Double C Open D C Tuning

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