Electric guitar · Major 7th chord

Gmaj7G Major 7th

  • Key: G Major
  • Medium
  • Popular
  • Open chord

Gmaj7 is the G major 7th chord on electric guitar, made of the notes G · B · D · F#.

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Other positions

Notes

  • G
  • B
  • D
  • F#

Structure

  1. 1
  2. 3
  3. 5
  4. 7
Sound
Major seventh
Sophisticated, stable
Harmonic function
Tonic
The tonal center. It conveys stability and rest.

Harmonic field of G Major

DegreeChordFunction
IGTonic
iiAmSubdominant
iiiBmTonic relative
IVCSubdominant
VDDominant
viEmTonic relative
vii°F#dimDominant

How to play

  1. 1Place your index finger on fret 2 of string 5.
  2. 2Place your middle finger on fret 2 of string 1.
  3. 3Press fret 3 on string 6.
  4. 4Let strings 4, 3, 2 ring open.
  5. 5Strum all the strings.

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