Sheet Music—recognizing chords

[dhwuke]

I understand how to identify triads and their inversions, but how do I identify 7ths (specifically dominant 7ths). For example the F7 chord in the lesson has C# F A and A#. F7 would be F A C Eb. Please explain

[Andrew]

What lesson is this from? That is labeled wrong, I’ll have to fix it. I have tried my best to notate all chords correctly, although there was a bug in Guitar Pro 6 which would show a natural and a sharp for the same note. As much as I tried to correct it, I wasn’t able to. They have released GP7 and it seems to have resolved some issues.

[dhwuke]

Thanks for the prompt reply.

I mis-identified the notes on my original message. The notes shown are D# (=Eb), F, and the 2 A’s. Where is the C? Should one of the A’s be up one space? Like the below

________
bO Eb
——–
O C
——–
O A
——-
O F
——-

The picture was from the download from the beginner’s course, module 3, unit 2.

DW

[Andrew]

Hi DW, I fixed the sheet music, if you want to re-download it. Here is the chord:

It contains: F A C Eb (1 3 5 b7)

There are 2 A’s because the fourth string fret 2 is the same pitch as the open A string.

Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks for pointing this out!

[dhwuke]

Fingering is 2 3 1 0
I interpret that as
A Eb F A
No C?
I guess it is a 7th chord because of the Eb
Personally, I usually play F7 as 2 3 1 3, so it includes the C.
Any suggestions on how I could easily identify the chord on sheet music as an F7?
I would normally take a hint from the notes on the right as being the root, but there is also the A.

[Andrew]

The 3rd (A) and 7th (Eb) define a chord. The root (F) and 5th (C) can be omitted. This is something we talk about in our theory course: An Introduction to Music Theory & Jamming. I’d highly recommend to check out the course to learn more about chord theory.

[dhwuke]

Thanks for your help. I look forward to progressing to the theory course.

[Author]

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