How to Play A7 on Piano

The A Dominant 7th chord sounds restless and bluesy. It stacks 4 notes: A – C# – E – G.

A major triad plus a flattened seventh. The tritone between its third and seventh is what makes it lean so hard toward the chord a fourth above.

Notes in A7

NoteIntervalFinger
AA4Root1
C#C#5Major 3rd2
EE5Perfect 5th3
GG5Minor 7th5

How to Play

Right Hand

Place your thumb (finger 1) on A. Use finger 2 on C#, finger 3 on E, and finger 5 on G.

Where it sits

One note of this chord (C#) is on black keys, so play it a little further back on the keys than an all-white shape.

Press all 4 keys at the same time. Keep your wrist relaxed and your fingers curved. The blue dots on the piano below show exactly which keys to press — they turn green when you play the right note.

Other Dominant 7th Chords

C7
C – E – G – Bb
Db7
Db – F – Ab – Cb
D7
D – F# – A – C
Eb7
Eb – G – Bb – Db
E7
E – G# – B – D
F7
F – A – C – Eb
F#7
F# – A# – C# – E
G7
G – B – D – F
Ab7
Ab – C – Eb – Gb
Bb7
Bb – D – F – Ab
B7
B – D# – F# – A

Other A Chords

A6
A – C# – E – F#
A9
A – C# – E – G – B
A
A – C# – E
Am
A – C – E
Amaj7
A – C# – E – G#
Am7
A – C – E – G
Adim
A – C – Eb
Aaug
A – C# – E#
Asus2
A – B – E
Asus4
A – D – E
Adim7
A – C – Eb – Gb
Am6
A – C – E – F#
Aadd9
A – C# – E – B