Gmaj7 chord on guitar
G major 7th
Gmaj7 is a major 7th chord with four notes: G, B, D and F#. Learn it first as an open shape: three open strings and three fingers on the frets. Below: where each finger goes, which strings to skip and two more ways to play it.
Strum it and Lark tells you if it is right. The chord detector is free and listens through your mic.
How to play it
- Index on the high e string, fret 2
- Middle on the A string, fret 2
- Ring on the low E string, fret 3
The number in each note head is the finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky.
Strings to skip
Nothing to skip: strum all six strings.
- Shape
- Open shape
- Fingers
- Threeindex, middle and ring
- Strings played
- All six
- Open strings
- Threethe D, G and B strings
- Lowest note
- G2the root, on the low E string
- Frets
- 3 2 0 0 0 2low E to high e, x means skip it
The notes in Gmaj7
- Groot
- Bmajor third
- Dperfect fifth
- F#major seventh
A major 7th chord is a major chord with a major seventh added, one fret below the root an octave up. B is the major third, four frets above the root. D is the perfect fifth, seven frets above the root. F# is the major seventh, eleven frets above the root.
String by string
- high e string: F#4major seventh
- B string: B3major third
- G string: G3root
- D string: D3perfect fifth
- A string: B2major third
- low E string: G2root
Every note of Gmaj7 is in this shape, some of them twice.
Other ways to play it
- At fret 33 x 4 4 3 xRoot on the low E string.
- Barre at fret 10x 10 12 11 12 10Root on the A string.
Related chords
All 111 chords in the chartStrum it and Lark tells you if it is right.
Open the chord detector, play Gmaj7 and Lark names the chord it hears, with the notes in it. In the app, the chord book has all 111 chords, string by string.