7th Chords on Ukulele

For this lesson, we are looking at 7th chords and what these numbers we see after chords actually mean.

Lesson aims -

• Learn five 7th chords

• Understand more of the theory behind major and minor chords

Exercise 1 - Playing a C7 chord

• By placing our first finger on fret 1 of the 1st string and playing all four strings together, we get a C7 chord

If we imagine our normal C chord, we can see that the C note (fret 3 on string 1) is taken back 2 frets to achieve this chord

Exercise 2 - Playing an A7

• If we move our finger up to the 3rd string, using the same fret for the C7, we get an A7

Exercise 3 - Playing an E7

• First finger on fret 1 on string 4

• Middle finger on fret 2 on string 3

• Ring finger fret 2 on string 1

Exercise 4 - Playing an G7

• Middle finger fret 2 on string 3

• First finger fret 1 on string 2

• Ring finger fret 3 on string 1

G7 is a great chord to learn as it resolves nicely to the C major chord that is very common in our Ukulele chord progressions.

Exercise 5 - Playing an D7

• Bar across all strings with our first finger on fret 2

• Then either, middle or ring finger plays the 3rd fret on string 1