Originally Posted by: mjgodin

Hi Christopher,

I have this little handy dandy chord chart hanging on my wall and it shows the A7 with index finger barring strings E,A,and C# and middle fretting G note on the 1st E. They both sound different to me, but I like your version better since it's easier, but is the Chord chart wrong or is it some other version of an A7? Everything else is the same.

Moe

Good question! They are both just different voicings of the same chord. Both have the notes you need:

A (1st) - C# (maj3rd) - E (5th) - G (min7th)

So you get either:

|--0--(5)------|

|--2--(3)------|

|--0--(7)------|

|--2--(5)------|

|--0--(1)------|

|---------------|

Or

|--3--(7)------|

|--2--(3)------|

|--2--(1)------|

|--2--(5)------|

|--0--(1)------|

|---------------|

I cover both of these in this lesson from the open dominant 7th chords tutorial.

https://www.guitartricks.com/lesson.php?input=11414&s_id=479