4DF#AC#
Fig. 1 · Dmaj7 · hard

ukulele chord

Dmaj7

D1F♯3A5C♯7

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

on guitaron pianothe scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

4
Fig. 2

7654

hard

7
Fig. 3

7999

hard

2
Fig. 4

x224

moderate · barre · no 5

6
Fig. 5

7699

hard · no 5

6
Fig. 6

769x

easy · no 5

What is true of it

Dmaj7 is D, F♯, A and C♯ — 1, 3, 5 and 7 counted from D.

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

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is 7654: 4 fingers, held at the 4th fret.

None of them uses an open string, so this chord moves up the neck unchanged — the same shape 1 fret higher is the chord a semitone above.

1 of the 5 need a barre.

Where its notes are on the neck

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Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

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

With a different note underneath

2
second inversion

Dmaj7/A

2224

5
third inversion

Dmaj7/C♯

6655

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.

D in other shapes

D7dominant seventhDm7minor seventhDm(maj7)minor major seventhDmajorDmminorDdimdiminished

Cmaj7C♯maj7D♭maj7D♯maj7E♭maj7Emaj7Fmaj7F♯maj7all 374