Cmaj7 — bouzouki chord
Major 7th · 8 fingerings for trichordo (D–A–D)
Notes and intervals
Cmaj7 (C major 7th) is built from C E G B: intervals 1 3 5 7.
Fingerings on D-A-D
Frets, low D · A · high D
- Root position: 10-10-9 (C G B)
- Root position: 10-7-9 (C E B)
- 1st inversion: 2-2-5 (E B G)
- 1st inversion: 2-3-5 (E C G)
- 2nd inversion: 5-2-2 (G B E)
- 2nd inversion: 5-3-2 (G C E)
- 3rd inversion: 9-10-10 (B G C)
- 3rd inversion: 9-7-10 (B E C)
Neither open course (D or A) is a chord tone, so every shape is fully fretted.
In the dromoi
None of the dromoi on this site lists Cmaj7 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, 10-10-9 on trichordo, becomes C 12, A 10, D 9 on tetrachordo, with the F course left out.