Irish bouzouki Amaj7 chord (GDAD)A major seventh: 6 6 7 7, and 1 more shape

Amaj7 chord chart for Irish bouzouki in GDAD tuning: 6 6 7 7, from the 6th fret
Amaj7 (A major seventh) on the Irish bouzouki, GDAD: 6 6 7 7, low course to high (Amaj7/C#). Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

Frets, low course to high: 6 6 7 7 (from the 6th fret) · Amaj7/C#

  1. G course: 6th fret, index finger (barre), C♯
  2. Low D course: 6th fret, index finger (barre), G♯
  3. A course: 7th fret, middle finger, E
  4. High D course: 7th fret, ring finger, A

Sounds: C♯ G♯ E A  ·  Amaj7 is A, C♯, E, G♯ (1 · 3 · 5 · 7)

Open courses that ring: A is a note of Amaj7, so it can drone under it.

With a capo: on the 2nd fret it’s 0 0 2 4 (frets counted from the capo), an open Gmaj7 shape.

Tuning GDAD: G D A D, low to high.

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More Amaj7 shapes

  1. 4fr2314C♯G♯C♯A6 6 4 7
    4fr · no 5th, Amaj7/C#

Other A chords, Irish bouzouki GDAD

AAmA7Am7A5Asus2Asus4Amaj7Aadd9

Other major seventh chords

Dmaj7Gmaj7Amaj7Emaj7Bmaj7Cmaj7Fmaj7F♯maj7

Amaj7 in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDAEIrish bouzouki, ADADMandolin, GDAE

All Irish bouzouki GDAD chords · Printable chart (PDF) · Tuning · The app