Gm(maj7)

G1B♭♭3D5F♯7

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

on guitar on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

0221

open

Fig. 3

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hard

Fig. 4

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easy · no 5

What is true of it

Gm(maj7) is G, B♭, D and F♯ — 1, b3, 5 and 7 counted from G.

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

The easiest of the 3 fingerings below is 0221: 3 fingers, held at the 1st fret.

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

Where its notes are on the neck

Fig. 5 — first 12 frets

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

With a different note underneath

first inversion

Gm(maj7)/B♭

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second inversion

Gm(maj7)/D

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third inversion

Gm(maj7)/F♯

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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.

G in other shapes

G7dominant seventh Gmaj7major seventh Gm7minor seventh Gmajor Gmminor Gdimdiminished

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