Fmaj7

F1A3C5E7

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

on guitar on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

a987

hard

Fig. 3

accc

hard

Fig. 4

x557

moderate · barre · no 5

Fig. 5

a9cc

hard · no 5

Fig. 6

a9cx

easy · no 5

What is true of it

Fmaj7 is F, A, C and E — 1, 3, 5 and 7 counted from F.

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

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is a987: 4 fingers, held at the 7th fret.

None of them uses an open string, so this chord moves up the neck unchanged — the same shape 1 fret higher is the chord a semitone above.

1 of the 5 need a barre.

Where its notes are on the neck

Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

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

With a different note underneath

first inversion

Fmaj7/A

2500

second inversion

Fmaj7/C

5557

third inversion

Fmaj7/E

x410

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.

F in other shapes

F7dominant seventh Fm7minor seventh Fm(maj7)minor major seventh Fmajor Fmminor Fdimdiminished

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