Banjo · Standard
A quartal chord, four notes · also Am7(add11), no 5th · Frets 7–10
Fourths, stacked on the first note in its name
A–D–G–C banjo chord
What it is
Root
Notes
4 results · 1 left out: no way to play it on the banjo
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How to play A–D–G–C on banjo
The most common way, the first shape above: lay your index finger flat across the two strings from the low D to the G at the 7th fret, your middle finger on the B string at the 8th fret and your little finger on the high D string at the 10th fret. Don’t play the short G string.
From the short G string x 7 7 8 10 (x: not played, 0: open)
What notes are in A–D–G–C?
A–D–G–C, A quartal chord, four notes, is A, D, G and C: the root (A), the perfect fourth (D), the minor seventh (G) and the minor third (C). Its formula is 1 4 ♭7 ♭3.
More A chords on banjo
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Quartal chord, four notes chords in every key
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A–D–G–C on other instruments
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