Mandolin C7 chordC seventh: 5 5 1 0, and 4 more shapes

C7 chord chart for mandolin in GDAE tuning: 5 5 1 0, open position
C7 (C seventh) on the mandolin, GDAE: 5 5 1 0, low course to high. Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

Frets, low course to high: 5 5 1 0 (open position)

  1. G course: 5th fret, little finger (barre), C
  2. D course: 5th fret, little finger (barre), G
  3. A course: 1st fret, index finger, B♭
  4. E course: open, E

Sounds: C G B♭ E  ·  C7 is C, E, G, B♭ (1 · 3 · 5 · ♭7)

Open courses that ring: G and E are notes of C7, so they can drone under it.

Tuning GDAE: G D A E, low to high.

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More C7 shapes

  1. 213B♭ECE3 2 3 0
    open · no 5th, C7/Bb
  2. 2133B♭ECG3 2 3 3
    open · C7/Bb
  3. 5fr1132CGEB♭5 5 7 6
    5fr
  4. 7fr213GB♭EC0 8 7 8
    7fr · C7/G

Other C chords, Mandolin GDAE

CCmC7Cm7C5Csus2Csus4Cmaj7Cadd9

Other seventh chords

D7G7A7E7B7C7F7B♭7E♭7F♯7D♭7A♭7

C7 in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADIrish bouzouki, GDAEIrish bouzouki, ADAD

All Mandolin GDAE chords · Printable chart (PDF) · Tuning · The app