Dmaj7

D1F♯3A5C♯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

xx0222

open

Fig. 3

x50222

hard

Fig. 4

x5422x

hard

Fig. 5

x5767x

hard

Fig. 6

acbbaa

hard · barre

What is true of it

Dmaj7 is D, F♯, A and C♯ — 1, 3, 5 and 7 counted from D.

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

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is xx0222: 3 fingers, held at the 2nd fret.

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

1 of the 5 need a barre.

2 strings stay silent.

Where its notes are on the neck

Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

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

With a different note underneath

first inversion

Dmaj7/F♯

200222

second inversion

Dmaj7/A

x00222

third inversion

Dmaj7/C♯

x40222

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.

D in other shapes

D7dominant seventh Dm7minor seventh Dm(maj7)minor major seventh Dmajor Dmminor Ddimdiminished

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