G Major Seventh Guitar Chord (Gmaj7) Video Tabs
Welcome to our tutorial on the G maj7 chord. This chord, which belongs to the Major Chords family, is a beautiful and rich sounding chord that can add depth and complexity to your guitar playing. The G maj7 chord is composed of the notes G, B, D, and F#, which are built on the intervals of 1, 3, 5, and 7.
The complete names of the music intervals that make up this chord are: Root (1), Major Third (3), Perfect Fifth (5), and Major Seventh (7). To understand more about these intervals and how they are stacked to create chords, you can check out our tutorial on building chords by stacking intervals.
In this tutorial, we will provide chord diagrams and fretboard patterns showing the tones composing the G maj7 chord. This will help you visualize and understand the structure of this chord on the fretboard. If you are unfamiliar with how to denote chords depending on the intervals that compose it, you might find our tutorial on chord notation helpful.
The G maj7 chord is often used in jazz chord progressions, along with m7 and 7 chord types. If you're interested in learning more about these progressions, you can explore our tutorial on jazz chord progressions.
Whether you're a beginner just starting out, or an intermediate player looking to expand your chord vocabulary, learning the G maj7 chord is a great step forward in your musical journey. Happy playing!
G maj7 chord Notes:
GBDF#
How to create the Major Seventh chord:
Fingerings for the Gmaj7 guitar chord
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Position 1
Open
Position 2
Open
Position 3
Open
Position 4
Movable
Position 5
Movable
Position 6
Movable
Position 7
Open
Position 8
Movable
Position 9
Movable
Position 10
Open
Position 11
Movable
Position 12
Open
Position 13
Open
Position 14
BarreOpen
Position 15
Open
Position 16
BarreMovable
Position 17
BarreMovable
Position 18
BarreMovable
Position 19
BarreMovable
Position 20
BarreMovable
Position 21
BarreMovable
You can find more shapes in our all guitar chords online library. If you prefer a printable pdf, download the Free Guitar Chords Chart Pdf
Play This Chord With Other Roots
C maj7 | D maj7 | E maj7 | F maj7 | G maj7 | A maj7 | B maj7 | C#maj7 | D#maj7 | F#maj7 | G#maj7 | A#maj7 | Abmaj7 | Bbmaj7 | Dbmaj7 | Ebmaj7 | Gbmaj7
How to create your own G maj7 chord fingerings
You can create any fingering you like on any part of the fretboard, just play some of the chord tones shown in the map below.