Five String Banjo · Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

AM7A Major 7th

F♯Root
A♯tone
C♯tone
Ftone

Formula 6 · ♭2 · 3 · ♭6  ·  Notes F♯ · A♯ · C♯ · F

How to play it

AM7 fingering positions

Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1, low E on the left. Each dot is colour-coded by note — the ringed dot is the root. Numbers below show the fret per string (x = muted).

A Major 7th guitar chord — 5th position (6 6 6 5 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1
A Major 7th guitar chord — 5th position (6 6 6 5 6) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1
A Major 7th guitar chord — 5th position (6 6 6 5 7) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1
A Major 7th guitar chord — 6th position (6 6 6 x 6) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1
A Major 7th guitar chord — 6th position (6 6 6 6 6) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1
A Major 7th guitar chord — 14th position (x 14 15 17 14) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1
A Major 7th guitar chord — 17th position (18 18 18 17 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1
A Major 7th guitar chord — 17th position (18 18 18 17 18) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1
Read it as tab

AM7 guitar tab

The same voicings in tablature — high e on top, low E on the bottom. Each fret number is colour-coded by note; the ringed number is the root, × means don’t play that string.

A Major 7th guitar tab — 5th position (6 6 6 5 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1
A Major 7th guitar tab — 5th position (6 6 6 5 6) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1
A Major 7th guitar tab — 5th position (6 6 6 5 7) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1
A Major 7th guitar tab — 6th position (6 6 6 x 6) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1
A Major 7th guitar tab — 6th position (6 6 6 6 6) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1
A Major 7th guitar tab — 14th position (x 14 15 17 14) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1
A Major 7th guitar tab — 17th position (18 18 18 17 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1
A Major 7th guitar tab — 17th position (18 18 18 17 18) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1
Sound

How AM7 sounds

Consonance
4/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
dreamywarmromantic
Genres
jazzbossa novar&b
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesF♯ · A♯ · C♯ · F
Formula (scale degrees)6 · ♭2 · 3 · ♭6
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More ways to play A Major 7th

Browse the rest of the A chords in this tuning, or open AM7 in the app for every voicing.

AM7 in other tunings:

Open GC / Drop CDouble CSawmill / Mountain ModalOpen D

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