Standard
A quartal chord, three notes · also A7sus4 (no 5th) · Open strings
Fourths, stacked on the first note in its name
A–D–G guitar chord
What it is
Root
Notes
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Chords3
Standard
A quartal chord, four notes · also Am7(add11), no 5th · Open position
Fourths, stacked on the first note in its name
Standard
E quartal chord, four notes · also Em7(add11), no 5th · Open strings
Fourths, stacked on the first note in its name
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Standard
The Empire Strikes Back, 1980 · John Williams · nearest shape for the hand
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How to play A–D–G on guitar
The most common way, the first shape above: . Let the A, D and G strings ring open. Don’t play the low E, B and high E strings.
From the low E string x 0 0 0 x x (x: not played, 0: open)
What notes are in A–D–G?
A–D–G, A quartal chord, three notes, is A, D and G: the root (A), the perfect fourth (D) and the minor seventh (G). Its formula is 1 4 ♭7.
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Quartal chord, three notes chords in every key
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