Irish bouzouki Amaj7 chord (GDAE)A major seventh: 2 2 4 4, and 2 more shapes

Amaj7 chord chart for Irish bouzouki in GDAE tuning: 2 2 4 4, open position
Amaj7 (A major seventh) on the Irish bouzouki, GDAE: 2 2 4 4, low course to high. Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

Frets, low course to high: 2 2 4 4 (open position)

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

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

Open courses that ring: A and E are notes of Amaj7, so they can drone under it.

Tuning GDAE: G D A E, low to high. The octave mandolin uses the same tuning, so these shapes fit it too.

Hear it in the app ›

The link can’t set the tuning: the app starts on the Irish bouzouki in GDAD. Choose GDAE once in its Settings and it remembers.

More Amaj7 shapes

  1. 4fr331C♯G♯AG♯6 6 0 4
    4fr · no 5th, Amaj7/C#
  2. 6fr11C♯G♯AE6 6 0 0
    6fr · Amaj7/C#

Other A chords, Irish bouzouki GDAE

AAmA7Am7A5Asus2Asus4Amaj7Aadd9

Other major seventh chords

Dmaj7Gmaj7Amaj7Emaj7Bmaj7Cmaj7Fmaj7F♯maj7

Amaj7 in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADIrish bouzouki, ADADMandolin, GDAE

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