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Dmaj7 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 X–X–0–2–2–2

How to play the Dmaj7 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–X–0–2–2–2 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) Muted
5th string (A) Muted
4th string (D) Open
3rd string (G) Fret 2 · index finger
2nd string (B) Fret 2 · index finger
1st string (high E) Fret 2 · index finger

Other names for the Dmaj7 chord

Other names: D major 7th, DM7, DΔ7

Music theory name: major seventh chord

Common name: D major seventh chord

Notes and intervals in the Dmaj7 chord

Note Interval
D Root
F# Major 3rd
A Perfect 5th
C# Major 7th

All variations

Open
X–X–0–2–2–2
Fret 2
X–5–4–2–2–2
Fret 5
5–5–7–6–7–5
Fret 7
X–X–7–7–7–9
Fret 5
X–5–7–6–X–X
Open
0–0–0–2–2–2
Open
X–0–0–2–2–2

Songs using Dmaj7