Irish bouzouki Fmaj7 chord (GDAE)F major seventh: 2 3 3 0, and 5 more shapes

Fmaj7 chord chart for Irish bouzouki in GDAE tuning: 2 3 3 0, open position
Fmaj7 (F major seventh) on the Irish bouzouki, GDAE: 2 3 3 0, low course to high (Fmaj7/A). Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

Frets, low course to high: 2 3 3 0 (open position) · Fmaj7/A

  1. G course: 2nd fret, index finger, A
  2. D course: 3rd fret, middle finger (barre), F
  3. A course: 3rd fret, middle finger (barre), C
  4. E course: open, E

Sounds: A F C E  ·  Fmaj7 is F, A, C, E (1 · 3 · 5 · 7)

Open courses that ring: A and E are notes of Fmaj7, 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 Fmaj7 shapes

  1. 12AFAE2 3 0 0
    open · no 5th, Fmaj7/A
  2. 31CFAE5 3 0 0
    open · Fmaj7/C
  3. 5fr134CAFE5 7 8 0
    5fr · Fmaj7/C
  4. 7fr4123EAFC9 7 8 8
    7fr · Fmaj7/E
  5. 10fr11FCAE10 10 0 0
    10fr

Other F chords, Irish bouzouki GDAE

FFmF7Fm7F5Fsus2Fsus4Fmaj7Fadd9

Other major seventh chords

Dmaj7Gmaj7Amaj7Emaj7Bmaj7Cmaj7Fmaj7F♯maj7

Fmaj7 in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADIrish bouzouki, ADADMandolin, GDAE

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