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Gmaj7#5 Guitar Chord

A dreamy, mysterious chord. Typical of modern jazz — made famous by Wayne Shorter among others. Combines the ethereal major seventh with an augmented fifth.

Guitar

Strings X–X–1–0–0–2

How to play the Gmaj7#5 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–X–1–0–0–2 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) Fret 1 · index finger
3rd string (G) Open
2nd string (B) Open
1st string (high E) Fret 2 · ring finger

Other names for the Gmaj7#5 chord

Other names: G major 7th sharp 5

Music theory name: major seventh augmented fifth chord

Common name: G major 7th sharp 5 chord

Notes and intervals in the Gmaj7#5 chord

Note Interval
G Root
B Major 3rd
D# Augmented 5th
F# Major 7th

All variations

Open
X–X–1–0–0–2
Open
3–X–4–4–4–X
Fret 7
7–10–9–8–7–7
Fret 10
X–10–13–11–12–X

More chords with G as the root

The same chord type in other keys