Beginner Guitar Chord Lesson – Learn A Major 7
The A Major 7 Guitar Chord (also known as A Major Seventh, AMaj7 or AMajor 7th), like the other Major Seventh Chords, is a beautiful dreamy and jazzy sounding chord, and fairly easy to play.
The A Major 7th Chord is found by locating the 1(root note), 3 , 5 and 7 positions (A, C#, E and G#) of the A Major Scale: A B C# D E F# G# A. The chord diagram chart below demonstrates how to play the AMaj7 Chord.
Here is a key that will help you read the chart:
Chord Playing Tips: Be sure that you are pressing down on the strings hard enough and play each string one at a time to make sure you have a nice clean sound. If any of the strings buzz or sound muted, then something is not right.
The video below will further demonstrate how to play the AMaj7 Chord.
Guitar Chord Lesson – Learn How to Play GMaj7
The G Major 7 Guitar Chord (also known as G Major Seventh, GMaj7 or G Major 7th), like the other Major Seventh Chords, is a beautiful dreamy sounding chord, but is a bit more challenging to play when compared to the other Major 7 chords. It is going to take a bit of practice to get your fingers used to this chord position.
The G Major 7th Chord is found by locating the 1(root note), 3 , 5 and 7 positions (G, B, D and F#) of the G Major Scale: G A B C D E F# G. The chord diagram chart below demonstrates how to play the GMaj7 Chord.
As with most guitar chords, there are several different ways to play this chord. I have included a popular way to play this chord in the guitar chord chart below.
Here is a key that will help you read the chart:
Chord Playing Tips: Be sure that you are pressing down on the strings hard enough. You should play each string one at a time to make sure you have a nice clean sound. If any of the strings buzz or sound muted, then something is not right. As I said in the beginning of this post, this chord is a bit more challenging than the other Major Seventh Chords. It is going to feel a bit awkward at first, but hang in there and keep practicing!
The video below will further demonstrate how to play the GMaj7 Chord.
For those of you who are having a difficult time with the fingering of this chord using the chart above, there is a much easier way to play this chord. The video below from Next Level Guitar will show you how.
Beginner Guitar Chord – Learn to Play FMaj7
The F Major 7 
guitar chord (also known as F Major Seventh, FMaj7 or F Major 7th), like the other Major Seventh Chords, is a beautiful dreamy sounding chord. It is also quite easy to play.
The F Major 7th Chord is found by locating the 1(root note), 3 , 5 and 7 positions (F, A, C and E) of the F Major Scale: F G A Bb C D E F. The chord diagram chart below demonstrates how to play the FMaj7 Chord.
Here is a key that will help you read the chart:
Chord Playing Tips: An easy way to remember how to play this guitar chord is by first starting at the C Major Chord. Then all you do is move your second and third fingers down one string while keeping your first finger on the first fret, second string. Be sure that you are pressing down on the strings hard enough. You should play each string one at a time to make sure you have a nice clean sound. If any of the strings buzz or sound muted, then something is not right.
The video below will further demonstrate how to correctly play the FMaj7 Chord.
This video was created by one of my favorite guitar teachers on YouTube, Justin Sandercoe. Justin is an excellent teacher. In this video he not only explains the proper way to play the Fmaj7 chord, but he also provides a few other great tips on this chords usage.
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Beginner Guitar Chord Lesson – Learn EMaj7
The E Major 7 Guitar Chord (also known as E Major Seventh, EMaj7 or E Major 7th) is a beautiful, dreamy and jazzy sounding chord.
The E Major 7th Chord is found by locating the 1(root note), 3 , 5 and 7 positions (E, G#, B and D#) of the E Major Scale: E F# G# A B C# D# E. The chord diagram chart below demonstrates how to play the EMaj7 Chord.
Here is a key that will help you read the chart:
Chord Playing Tip: Be sure that you are pressing down on the strings hard enough. You should play each string one at a time to make sure you have a nice clean sound. If any of the strings buzz or sound muted, then something is not right.
The video below will further demonstrate how to correctly play the EMaj7 Chord. Enjoy!
Beginner Guitar Chords – Learn to Play DMaj7
The D Major 7 Guitar Chord (also known as D Major Seventh, DMaj7 or D Major 7th) is a beautiful, dreamy and jazzy sounding chord. It is a fairly easy chord to play as it only requires that you press down three strings on the second fret.
The D Major 7th Chord is found by locating the 1(root note), 3 , 5 and 7 positions (D, F#, A and C#) of the D Major Scale: D E F# G A B C# D. The chord diagram chart below demonstrates how to play the DMaj7 Chord.
Here is a key that will help you read the chart:
Chord Playing Tip: Be sure that you are pressing down on the strings hard enough. You should play each string one at a time to make sure you have a nice clean sound. If any of the strings buzz or sound muted, then something is not right.
The video below will further demonstrate how to correctly play the DMaj7 Chord. Enjoy!
