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Ex. 13 · Week 5

A7 in all five shapes

A shape · open
eBGDAE53b75R0123
  • Root
  • 3rd
  • 5th
  • b7
G shape · fret 2
eBGDAEb73R5R12345
  • Root
  • 3rd
  • 5th
  • b7
E shape · fret 5
eBGDAER53b75R45678
  • Root
  • 3rd
  • 5th
  • b7
D shape · fret 7
eBGDAE3b75R678910
  • Root
  • 3rd
  • 5th
  • b7
C shape · fret 9
eBGDAE3Rb73R8910111213
  • Root
  • 3rd
  • 5th
  • b7
Tab
  A shape  G shape  E shape  D shape  C shape  A shape
  open     fret 2   fret 5   fret 7   fret 9   fret 12
e|--0--------3--------5--------9--------9--------12-----|
B|--2--------2--------5--------8--------10-------14-----|
G|--0--------2--------6--------9--------12-------12-----|
D|--2--------2--------5--------7--------11-------14-----|
A|--0--------x--------7--------x--------12-------12-----|
E|--x--------5--------5--------x--------x--------x------|

Play them in order up the neck, then back down. Same chord, same four notes, six places. Then do the same for D7 and E7 (every shape moves up five frets for D7, seven for E7).

You pass when

A solo that moves through three positions without stopping

Key of A. Tab written in A.