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Amaj7 Chord on Guitar: 3 Easy Ways to Play A Major Seventh (Charts)

Amaj7 chord charts with finger numbers, an easier version, the notes and intervals, and the keys and progressions that use it. Also searched as amaj7 chord, amaj7 guitar chord and how to play Amaj7.

By David Sandy, guitar player and founder of Sandy Music Lab. Every chord shape on this page is checked note by note against the chord's formula.

Amaj7 chord diagram, Open positionAmaj7 Open position: low E muted, A open, D fret 2, G fret 1, B fret 2, high e open.×213x 0 2 1 2 0
Open position
x 0 2 1 2 0
Amaj7 chord diagram, Barre (5th fret, E-string root)Amaj7 Barre (5th fret, E-string root): low E fret 5, A fret 7, D fret 6, G fret 6, B fret 5, high e fret 5.5fr14235 7 6 6 5 5
Barre (5th fret, E-string root)
5 7 6 6 5 5
Amaj7 chord diagram, Easy 3-string versionAmaj7 Easy 3-string version: low E muted, A muted, D muted, G fret 2, B fret 2, high e fret 4.×××123x x x 2 2 4
Easy 3-string version
x x x 2 2 4

Numbers are fingers (1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky, T thumb). × = don't play that string, ○ = play it open. A long bar is a barre: one finger flat across those strings. Strings run low E (left) to high e (right).

Chord chart by Sandy Music Lab

Quick answer: To play Amaj7 (A major seventh) on guitar, play x 0 2 1 2 0 from the low E string to the high e string (the open position shape). The chord contains A, C#, E, G#. If that is hard, use the easier shape x x x 2 2 4, which needs 3 fretted notes.

Amaj7 chord facts

Chord Amaj7 (A major seventh)
Other names AM7, AΔ7
Notes A, C#, E, G#
Intervals A (root), C# (major 3rd), E (perfect 5th), G# (major 7th)
Formula 1-3-5-7
Difficulty Beginner
Shapes on this page 3

How do you play Amaj7 on guitar?

The main shape is x 0 2 1 2 0 (Open position). Finger by finger:

  1. Put your index finger (1) on the G string at fret 1 (G#, the major 7th).
  2. Put your middle finger (2) on the D string at fret 2 (E, the perfect 5th).
  4. Put your ring finger (3) on the B string at fret 2 (C#, the major 3rd).
  5. Let the A (A) and high e (E) strings ring open.