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Guitar chord diagrams and voicings

Amaj7

Notes: A · C# · E · G#

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Common shapes (4)

  • Amaj7

    x 0 2 1 2 0

    • Easy
    • Common · A shape
  • Amaj75fr

    5 7 6 6 5 5

    • Hard
    • Common · E shape
  • Amaj77fr

    x x 7 9 9 9

    • Medium
    • Common · D shape
  • Amaj79fr

    x 12 11 9 9 9

    • Hard
    • Common · C shape

Other shapes (36)

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  • Amaj75fr

    x 0 6 6 5 0

    • Easy
  • Amaj75fr

    5 0 6 6 5 0

    • Easy
  • Amaj7

    x 0 2 2 2 4

    • Easy
  • Amaj75fr

    x 0 6 6 5 5

    • Easy
  • Amaj7

    x 0 2 1 2 4

    • Easy
  • Amaj74fr

    x 0 6 6 5 4

    • Medium
  • Amaj76fr

    x 0 6 6 9 0

    • Medium
  • Amaj76fr

    x 0 7 6 9 0

    • Medium
  • Amaj79fr

    x 0 11 9 9 0

    • Medium
  • Amaj74fr

    5 4 6 6 x x

    • Medium
  • Amaj74fr

    x 0 7 6 5 4

    • Medium
  • Amaj79fr

    x 0 x 9 9 9

    • Medium

About Amaj7

The Amaj7 chord is made up of A (root), C# (major third), E (perfect fifth) and G# (major seventh). In scale degrees above the root, the formula is 1 – 3 – 5 – 7. Its major seventh gives it a sophisticated, stable color, without the tension of the dominant seventh chord.

Amaj7 has 4 common voicings, based on the A, E, D and C shapes of the CAGED system. There are 36 more voicings sorted by difficulty; use the viewer switches to add inversions and stretches.