Cmaj7

C1E3G5B7

Major triad with a major seventh: a half step below the root, an octave up.

on ukulele on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

x32000

open

Fig. 3

x35000

easy

Fig. 4

x32003

open

Fig. 5

x3200x

open

Fig. 6

x35400

easy

What is true of it

Cmaj7 is C, E, G and B — 1, 3, 5 and 7 counted from C.

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

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is x32000: 2 fingers, held at the 2nd fret.

3 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 C, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.

With a different note underneath

first inversion

Cmaj7/E

032000

second inversion

Cmaj7/G

332000

third inversion

Cmaj7/B

x22010

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.

C in other shapes

C7dominant seventh Cm7minor seventh Cm(maj7)minor major seventh Cmajor Cmminor Cdimdiminished

C♯maj7 D♭maj7 Dmaj7 D♯maj7 E♭maj7 Emaj7 Fmaj7 F♯maj7 all 374