Guitar chords · Minor major 7th
Am(maj7) chord on guitar
Am(maj7) (A minor major 7th) has four notes: A, C, E and G♯, the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., ♭3, 5 and 7.
Shapes
How to play Am(maj7)
Strum a shape to hear it, or pick it one string at a time. R marks the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7.; the other numbers are the chord tones.
Am(maj7) has an A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em., and one A chord or scale fingering with no open strings. Slide it up or down the neck and it changes its root but not its type: a major shape stays major.: the E shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 5. A movable shape keeps its fingering anywhere on the neck: slide it up or down and the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., on the lowest played string, names the chord.
Open
E shape · fret 5
Notes and formula
What makes Am(maj7) minor major 7th
A minor major A triad with one more 3rd on top, the 7th, which makes four notes: G7, Cmaj7 and Am7 are seventh chords. puts a major 7th on a minor A three-note chord stacked in 3rds: a root, a 3rd and a 5th. Major, minor, diminished and augmented chords are triads.. The A chord with a major 3rd and a raised 5th, written +. Its notes split the octave into three equal parts. 5th between its ♭3rd and its 7th makes it dark and tense, the sound of spy themes and of the falling line Am, Am(maj7), Am7, Am6.
- 1Root: the note the chord is named after. Keep it.
- 3Essential: makes the chord what it is. Never drop it.
- 5Optional: drop it first when you run out of fingers.
The ♭3rd and the 7th make Am(maj7) a minor major A triad with one more 3rd on top, the 7th, which makes four notes: G7, Cmaj7 and Am7 are seventh chords.; you can leave out the 5th.
- ARroot
- C♭3essential
- E5optional
- G♯7essential
- A, the root
- Other chord tones
Am(maj7) usually sits in a falling line from Am: Am, Am(maj7), Am7, Am6, as one voice steps down a The smallest distance in Western music: one fret on the guitar, such as E to F or F to F♯. at a time.
Keys
Keys with Am(maj7)
Am(maj7) belongs to one key: A minor (i(maj7), The natural minor scale with its 7th raised a half step, which makes the V chord major and gives it a strong pull home.).
Numerals follow the key's own scale, so III, VI and VII in a minor key are its own major chords. A ♭ or ♯ in front marks a chord from outside the key. How Roman numerals work
Slash chords
Am(maj7) over another bass note
A A chord with a different note in the bass, written after a slash: C/E is a C chord with E as its lowest note. The letter after the slash is the bass. keeps Am(maj7) on top and puts another note in the bass: the letter after the slash is the lowest note you play.
- Am(maj7)/C
Am(maj7) with its ♭3rd, C, in the bass: the first inversion.
- Am(maj7)/E
Am(maj7) with its 5th, E, in the bass: the second inversion.
- Am(maj7)/G♯
Am(maj7) with its 7th, G♯, in the bass: the third inversion.
Same root
Other chords on A
Change one or two notes and the same The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7. gives a different colour. Compare them by ear.
- A major
- Am minor
- A7 dominant 7th
- Amaj7 major 7th
- Am7 minor 7th
- Asus2 suspended 2nd
- Asus4 suspended 4th
- A6 major 6th
- Am6 minor 6th
- Aadd9 add 9
- A9 dominant 9th
- Amaj9 major 9th
- Am9 minor 9th
- A13 dominant 13th
- Amaj13 major 13th
- Am11 minor 11th
- A° diminished
- Am7♭5 half-diminished 7th
- A°7 diminished 7th
- A+ augmented
- A5 power chord
- A7sus4 dominant 7th suspended 4th
- A6/9 six-nine
- Am(add9) minor add 9
- A7♯9 dominant 7th sharp 9th
Questions
Am(maj7), in short
- What notes are in the Am(maj7) chord?
- Am(maj7) (A minor major 7th) has four notes: A, C, E and G♯, the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., ♭3, 5 and 7.
- How do you play Am(maj7) on guitar?
- Am(maj7) has an A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em., and one A chord or scale fingering with no open strings. Slide it up or down the neck and it changes its root but not its type: a major shape stays major.: the E shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 5.
- What key is Am(maj7) in?
- Am(maj7) belongs to one key: A minor (i(maj7), The natural minor scale with its 7th raised a half step, which makes the V chord major and gives it a strong pull home.).