Am(maj7)

A1C♭3E5G♯7

Minor triad, major seventh — the tonic chord of harmonic minor.

on ukulele on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

x02110

open

Fig. 3

x0211x

open

Fig. 4

x02114

hard

Fig. 5

x02214

hard

Fig. 6

x06554

hard

What is true of it

Am(maj7) is A, C, E and G♯ — 1, b3, 5 and 7 counted from A.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 4, the 5 goes first, in that order.

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is x02110: 3 fingers, held at the 1st fret.

2 of them use open strings, which is what makes a shape quiet to change to.

1 string stays silent.

Where its notes are on the neck

Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

The brass dots are A, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.

With a different note underneath

first inversion

Am(maj7)/C

xxadac

second inversion

Am(maj7)/E

002110

third inversion

Am(maj7)/G♯

402110

An inversion is the same chord with a different note lowest. The name changes to a slash name because the bass is what a listener hears as the foundation.

A in other shapes

A7dominant seventh Amaj7major seventh Am7minor seventh Amajor Amminor Adimdiminished

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