Root 5 Seventh Bar Chord

Lesson 2/42 | Study Time: 5 Min
Course: Bar Chords for Guitar
Root 5 Seventh Bar Chord

Root 5 Seventh Bar Chord

A7

Shape 1

A7

Shape 2

There are two commonly used root 5 seventh bar chord shapes based upon these two open A7 chord shapes. Shape 2 is usually played using four fingers but when it is used to form a bar chord the third finger bars across the three notes on the second fret.

Here are three of the root 5 shapes used in the following chord progression.

 

 

E7 shape 1

 

 

E7 shape 2

 

 

D7

The following progression combine root 5 and root 6 seventh chord shapes. For the root 5 E7 and D7 chords play shape 1 the first time through the progression and for the repeat play shape 2.

Rhythm Pattern

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1- INTRODUCTION 2- Root 6 Suspended Bar Chord 3- Root 6 Minor Seventh Bar Chord 4- Root 6 Major Seventh Bar Chord 5- Root 6 Ninth Bar Chord 6- Sixth Rock Chords - Root 5 7- Sixth Rock Chords - Root 6 8- Dampening 9- Rock Chords 10- Other Bar Chord - Shapes 11- Root 5 Seventh Bar Chord 12- Root 5 Minor Bar Chord 13- Root 5 Bar Chords 14- Other Bar Chord - Types 15- Root 6 Seventh Bar Chord 16- The Percussive Strum 17- Root 6 Minor Bar Chord 18- Root 6 Major Bar Chord 19- The Rudiments of Music 20- Bar Chord Chart 21- Root 4 Bar Chord Shapes 22- Root 6 Ninth Bar Chord 23- Time Signatures 24- Root 5 Suspended Bar Chord 25- More titles by LearnToPlayMusic.com 26- Root 6 Sixth Bar Chord 27- Approach to Practice 28- Root 5 Minor Seventh Bar Chord 29- Sixteenth Note Rhythms 30- Root 5 Sixth Bar Chord 31- Rock Rhythms 32- Seventh Rock Chords 33- Root 5 Major Seventh Bar Chord 34- Alternative Root 5 Seventh Shape 35- Seventh Suspended Chords 36- Note Values 37- Rhythm Notation 38- What is a Chord? 39- Notes, Rhythms And Rests 40- The Formation of a Bar Chord 41- Notes on the Guitar Fretboard 42- Notes on the Guitar Fretboard

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