Gmaj7 — bouzouki chord
Major 7th · 8 fingerings for trichordo (D–A–D)
Notes and intervals
Gmaj7 (G major 7th) is built from G B D F♯: intervals 1 3 5 7.
Fingerings on D-A-D
Frets, low D · A · high D
- Root position: 5-5-4 (G D F♯)
- Root position: 5-2-4 (G B F♯)
- 1st inversion: 9-9-12 (B F♯ D)
- 1st inversion: 9-10-12 (B G D)
- 2nd inversion: 12-9-9 (D F♯ B)
- 2nd inversion: 12-10-9 (D G B)
- 3rd inversion: 4-5-5 (F♯ D G)
- 3rd inversion: 4-2-5 (F♯ B G)
The open courses D are chord tones, so shapes with a 0 let them ring.
In the dromoi
None of the dromoi on this site lists Gmaj7 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, 5-5-4 on trichordo, becomes C 7, A 5, D 4 on tetrachordo, with the F course left out.