x x 1 3 3 3
D#maj7
Notes: D# · F## · A# · C##
More common: Ebmaj7
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Suspended
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Extensions
Common shapes (3)
x 6 5 3 3 3
x 6 8 7 8 6
Other shapes (59)
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x 6 0 0 4 x
x 6 0 0 3 x
x 6 0 0 x 6
x 6 0 0 4 6
x x 1 0 3 3
x 6 0 0 8 x
x 6 0 0 3 3
x 6 0 0 4 3
x 6 0 0 3 6
11 10 0 0 x x
x 6 0 0 8 6
x 6 5 0 3 x
About D#maj7
The notes of D#maj7 are D# (root), F## (major third), A# (perfect fifth) and C## (major seventh). In scale degrees above the root, the formula is 1 – 3 – 5 – 7. It is a major seventh chord: it sounds smooth, elegant and a little dreamy, and it is widely used in jazz, bossa nova and pop.
On guitar, D#maj7 has 3 common shapes: the D, C and A shapes. These are CAGED system shapes, the basis for playing the same chord anywhere on the neck. There are 59 more voicings sorted by difficulty; use the viewer switches to add inversions and stretches. D#maj7 is also written as Ebmaj7: the same chord with the root spelled differently, and it sounds identical. The more common spelling is Ebmaj7.