C 7 Chord on Mandola
How to play the C 7 chord on Mandola: fretboard diagrams, finger positions, the notes that build it, and alternate voicings up the neck.
The C 7 chord is a dominant seventh — a major triad with a flat seventh that pulls strongly toward resolution. It is built from the notes C, E, G, A#. This page shows how to play C 7 on Mandola with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
The C and G strings ring open in the lowest shape, with the remaining notes fretted at fret 1 over a 2-fret stretch. The root is the C string itself. It sounds from C3 up to A#4. 2 voicings are charted, the highest starting at fret 12.
Mandola is strung in four courses of two, so each stopped note here sounds as two — which is why the shape rings thicker than the same grip on a single-strung instrument.
Browse alternate voicings to find the one that sits best under your fingers, then compare it with the other chord types built on C 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.