A 7 Chord on Jacob Collier 5-String
How to play the A 7 chord on Jacob Collier 5-String: fretboard diagrams, finger positions, the notes that build it, and alternate voicings up the neck.
The A 7 chord is a dominant seventh — a major triad with a flat seventh that pulls strongly toward resolution. It is built from the notes A, C#, E, G. This page shows how to play A 7 on Jacob Collier 5-String with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
The E and A strings ring open in the lowest shape, with the remaining notes fretted at fret 2 over a 4-fret stretch. The root is the A string itself. It sounds from G2 up to E4. 3 voicings are charted, the highest starting at fret 4.
Jacob Collier 5-String is tuned D–A–E–A–D, with 15 frets to work with. This 5-string is tuned D-A-E-A-D (low to high), a symmetric tuning that mirrors around the middle E string — standard guitar shapes do NOT transfer, so every voicing here is built for this tuning.
Browse alternate voicings to find the one that sits best under your fingers, then compare it with the other chord types built on A or explore the same shape in nearby keys. The diagrams list the notes in each voicing so you can connect the shape to the theory behind it.