Seventh (7th) Chord

Did you ever see chords like Am7 or B7, can you play it right away?
If you still confused about this kind of chord, you come to the right place. I’ll tell you how to play this kind of chord.

First of all you should know how chords are shaped, read this if you don’t know Chord Major and Minor

Seventh chords are consist of triad and a 7^th note. The triad are 1-3-5. There are different kind of 7^th.
Look at this, what’s different between AM7 and A7 or Am7?

AM7 mean is A Major 7, that is consist of A Major chord with addition of 7^th note. So the AM7 are consists of 1-3-5-7 or A-C#-E-G# .

A7 mean is A Dominant 7, this is different with AM7 because A7 are A Major with addition of a 7^th note turned half step down, even though its written A7. So A7 are consist of 1-3-5-7b or A-C#-E-G.

And the last is Am7, the meaning is A Minor 7, so it’s an A minor with addition of 7^th note turned half step down. So Am7 are consists of 1-3b-5-7b or A-C-E-G

Let’s see an example of each chord on fretboard

AM7

A7

Am7



Now you get it, right?, that is how seventh chord are made. You can search all the 7^th chord on the internet, but with this knowledge you can make your own 7^th chord, and find your own sound!

Ok, see you later!