Irish bouzouki Gmaj7 chord (GDAE)G major seventh: 0 0 2 2, and 4 more shapes

Gmaj7 chord chart for Irish bouzouki in GDAE tuning: 0 0 2 2, open position
Gmaj7 (G major seventh) on the Irish bouzouki, GDAE: 0 0 2 2, low course to high. Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

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

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

Sounds: G D B F♯  ·  Gmaj7 is G, B, D, F♯ (1 · 3 · 5 · 7)

Open courses that ring: G and D are notes of Gmaj7, 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 Gmaj7 shapes

  1. 312GF♯BG0 4 2 3
    open · no 5th
  2. 3fr2341BF♯DG4 4 5 3
    3fr · Gmaj7/B
  3. 7fr31GDF♯B0 0 9 7
    7fr
  4. 9fr112GBF♯D0 9 9 10
    9fr

Other G chords, Irish bouzouki GDAE

GGmG7Gm7G5Gsus2Gsus4Gmaj7Gadd9

Other major seventh chords

Dmaj7Gmaj7Amaj7Emaj7Bmaj7Cmaj7Fmaj7F♯maj7

Gmaj7 in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADIrish bouzouki, ADADMandolin, GDAE

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