Gmaj7

G1B3D5F♯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

320002

open

Fig. 3

350002

easy

Fig. 4

320032

moderate

Fig. 5

320402

moderate

Fig. 6

354003

moderate

What is true of it

Gmaj7 is G, B, D and F♯ — 1, 3, 5 and 7 counted from G.

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

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is 320002: 3 fingers, held at the 2nd fret.

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

Where its notes are on the neck

Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

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

With a different note underneath

first inversion

Gmaj7/B

x20002

second inversion

Gmaj7/D

xx0002

third inversion

Gmaj7/F♯

220002

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.

G in other shapes

G7dominant seventh Gm7minor seventh Gm(maj7)minor major seventh Gmajor Gmminor Gdimdiminished

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