Amaj7 — bouzouki chord
Major 7th · 8 fingerings for trichordo (D–A–D)
Notes and intervals
Amaj7 (A major 7th) is built from A C♯ E G♯: intervals 1 3 5 7.
Fingerings on D-A-D
Frets, low D · A · high D
- Root position: 7-7-6 (A E G♯)
- Root position: 7-4-6 (A C♯ G♯)
- 1st inversion: 11-7-7 (C♯ E A)
- 1st inversion: 11-11-7 (C♯ G♯ A)
- 2nd inversion: 2-4-6 (E C♯ G♯)
- 2nd inversion: 2-4-7 (E C♯ A)
- 3rd inversion: 6-7-7 (G♯ E A)
- 3rd inversion: 6-4-7 (G♯ C♯ A)
The open courses A are chord tones, so shapes with a 0 let them ring.
In the dromoi
None of the dromoi on this site lists Amaj7 among its chords, so it is shown here as a shape reference.
Trichordo (D-A-D) and tetrachordo (C-F-A-D)
These shapes are for the three-course trichordo. A tetrachordo’s A and D courses are tuned the same, so the top two notes stay put and the low-D bass note moves two frets up the C course. The first shape, 7-7-6 on trichordo, becomes C 9, A 7, D 6 on tetrachordo, with the F course left out.