Abmaj7 Guitar Chord

A dreamy, sophisticated sound. Typical of jazz, bossa nova and soul music. The major seventh adds an ethereal, "floating" quality to the chord.

Guitar

Strings 4–6–5–5–4–4

How to play the Abmaj7 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern 4–6–5–5–4–4 from the low E string to the high E string. Numbers in the pattern are frets; numbers in the colored dots are left-hand fingers. X means a muted string and 0 means an open string.

6th string (low E) Fret 4 · index finger

5th string (A) Fret 6 · little finger

4th string (D) Fret 5 · middle finger

3rd string (G) Fret 5 · ring finger

2nd string (B) Fret 4 · index finger

1st string (high E) Fret 4 · index finger

Notation for Abmaj7 chord

Other names: Ab major 7th, Ab maj7, Ab M7, AbΔ7

Music theory name: major seventh chord

Common name: Ab major seventh chord

Intervals and tones in Abmaj7 chord

Note	Interval
Ab	Root
C	Major 3rd
Eb	Perfect 5th
G	Major 7th

All Variations

Fret 4

4–6–5–5–4–4

Fret 6

X–6–6–8–8–8

Fret 9

X–11–10–12–9–X

Fret 11

11–11–13–12–13–11

Songs using Abmaj7

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