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Fmaj7/A 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. This is a slash chord — the bass note is A instead of the root.

Guitar

Strings X–0–3–2–1–0

How to play the Fmaj7/A chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–0–3–2–1–0 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) Do not play
5th string (A) Play open
4th string (D) Fret 3 · ring finger
3rd string (G) Fret 2 · middle finger
2nd string (B) Fret 1 · index finger
1st string (high E) Play open

Notation for Fmaj7/A chord

Other names: F major 7th, F maj7, F M7, FΔ7

Music theory name: major seventh chord

Common name: F major seventh chord

Intervals and tones in Fmaj7/A chord

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

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