Six String Guitar · Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

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 C Tuning (CGCGCE), 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 — Open (x 2 x 1 1 0) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Major 7th guitar chord — Open (x 2 1 1 x 0) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Major 7th guitar chord — Open (x 2 1 1 1 0) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Major 7th guitar chord — Open (x 2 1 x 4 4) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Major 7th guitar chord — Open (x 2 1 1 4 x) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Major 7th guitar chord — Open (x 2 1 1 4 0) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Major 7th guitar chord — Open (x 2 4 x 1 4) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Major 7th guitar chord — Open (x 2 4 1 1 x) fretboard diagram in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

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 — Open (x 2 x 1 1 0) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Major 7th guitar tab — Open (x 2 1 1 x 0) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Major 7th guitar tab — Open (x 2 1 1 1 0) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Major 7th guitar tab — Open (x 2 1 x 4 4) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Major 7th guitar tab — Open (x 2 1 1 4 x) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Major 7th guitar tab — Open (x 2 1 1 4 0) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Major 7th guitar tab — Open (x 2 4 x 1 4) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

A Major 7th guitar tab — Open (x 2 4 1 1 x) in Open C Tuning (CGCGCE)

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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