Irish bouzouki Cmaj7 chord (GDAE)C major seventh: 5 5 2 0, and 4 more shapes

Cmaj7 chord chart for Irish bouzouki in GDAE tuning: 5 5 2 0, open position
Cmaj7 (C major seventh) on the Irish bouzouki, GDAE: 5 5 2 0, low course to high. Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

Frets, low course to high: 5 5 2 0 (open position)

  1. G course: 5th fret, little finger (barre), C
  2. D course: 5th fret, little finger (barre), G
  3. A course: 2nd fret, index finger, B
  4. E course: open, E

Sounds: C G B E  ·  Cmaj7 is C, E, G, B (1 · 3 · 5 · 7)

Open courses that ring: G and E are notes of Cmaj7, 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 Cmaj7 shapes

  1. 312BECE4 2 3 0
    open · no 5th, Cmaj7/B
  2. 231BGCE4 5 3 0
    open · Cmaj7/B
  3. 5fr1123CGEB5 5 7 7
    5fr
  4. 7fr312GBEC0 9 7 8
    7fr · Cmaj7/G

Other C chords, Irish bouzouki GDAE

CCmC7Cm7C5Csus2Csus4Cmaj7Cadd9

Other major seventh chords

Dmaj7Gmaj7Amaj7Emaj7Bmaj7Cmaj7Fmaj7F♯maj7

Cmaj7 in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADIrish bouzouki, ADADMandolin, GDAE

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