Standard
A quartal chord, four notes · also Am7(add11), no 5th · Open position
Fourths, stacked on the first note in its name
A–D–G–C guitar chord
What it is
Root
Notes
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Chords1
Famous chords4
Standard
Em7(add11) · Miles Davis and Bill Evans
Standard
The Matrix, 1999 · Don Davis · nearest shape for the hand
Standard
Princess Mononoke, 1997 · Joe Hisaishi
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How to play A–D–G–C on guitar
The most common way, the first shape above: your index finger on the B string at the 1st fret. Let the A, D and G strings ring open. Don’t play the low E and high E strings.
From the low E string x 0 0 0 1 x (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 guitar
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Quartal chord, four notes chords in every key
C–F–B♭–E♭wideC♯–F♯–B–EwideD–G–C–FwideE♭–A♭–D♭–G♭wideE–A–D–GwideF–B♭–E♭–A♭wideF♯–B–E–AwideG–C–F–B♭wideA♭–D♭–G♭–BwideB♭–E♭–A♭–D♭wideB–E–A–Dwide
A–D–G–C on other instruments
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