Amaj7

A1C♯3E5G♯7

Major triad with a major seventh: a half step below the root, an octave up.

on ukulele on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

x02120

open

Fig. 3

x0212x

open

Fig. 4

x02224

moderate

Fig. 5

x02124

hard

Fig. 6

x06654

hard

What is true of it

Amaj7 is A, C♯, E and G♯ — 1, 3, 5 and 7 counted from A.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 4, the 5 goes first, in that order.

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is x02120: 3 fingers, held at the 1st fret.

2 of them use open strings, which is what makes a shape quiet to change to.

1 string stays silent.

Where its notes are on the neck

Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

The brass dots are A, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.

With a different note underneath

first inversion

Amaj7/C♯

9cb999

second inversion

Amaj7/E

002120

third inversion

Amaj7/G♯

402220

An inversion is the same chord with a different note lowest. The name changes to a slash name because the bass is what a listener hears as the foundation.

A in other shapes

A7dominant seventh Am7minor seventh Am(maj7)minor major seventh Amajor Amminor Adimdiminished

Cmaj7 C♯maj7 D♭maj7 Dmaj7 D♯maj7 E♭maj7 Emaj7 Fmaj7 all 374