A♯m(maj7)

A♯1C♯♭3E♯5G𝄪7

Minor triad, major seventh — the tonic chord of harmonic minor.

Written the other way round it is B♭m(maj7) — the same twelve keys on a piano, a different piece of notation.

on guitar on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

3110

open

Fig. 3

3554

moderate

Fig. 4

xa9c

easy · no 5

What is true of it

A♯m(maj7) is A♯, C♯, E♯ and G𝄪 — 1, b3, 5 and 7 counted from A♯.

G𝄪 is a double sharp, and it has to be: every letter from A♯ upwards is used once, so the 7 cannot be written any other way.

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

The easiest of the 3 fingerings below is 3110: 3 fingers, held at the 1st 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. 5 — 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

A♯m(maj7)/C♯

6968

second inversion

A♯m(maj7)/E♯

aa9c

third inversion

A♯m(maj7)/G𝄪

2111

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

A♯7dominant seventh A♯maj7major seventh A♯m7minor seventh A♯major A♯mminor A♯dimdiminished

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