Mandolin Dmaj7 chordD major seventh: 2 0 4 2, and 5 more shapes

Dmaj7 chord chart for mandolin in GDAE tuning: 2 0 4 2, open position
Dmaj7 (D major seventh) on the mandolin, GDAE: 2 0 4 2, low course to high (Dmaj7/A). Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

Frets, low course to high: 2 0 4 2 (open position) · Dmaj7/A

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

Sounds: A D C♯ F♯  ·  Dmaj7 is D, F♯, A, C♯ (1 · 3 · 5 · 7)

Open courses that ring: D and A are notes of Dmaj7, so they can drone under it.

Tuning GDAE: G D A E, low to high.

Hear it in the app ›

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

More Dmaj7 shapes

  1. 31DC♯F♯x 0 4 2
    open · no 5th
  2. 2fr41C♯DAF♯6 0 0 2
    2fr · Dmaj7/C#
  3. 4fr4123C♯F♯DA6 4 5 5
    4fr · Dmaj7/C#
  4. 7fr1123DAF♯C♯7 7 9 9
    7fr
  5. 9fr31F♯DAC♯11 0 0 9
    9fr · Dmaj7/F#

Other D chords, Mandolin GDAE

DDmD7Dm7D5Dsus2Dsus4Dmaj7Dadd9

Other major seventh chords

Dmaj7Gmaj7Amaj7Emaj7Bmaj7Cmaj7Fmaj7F♯maj7

Dmaj7 in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADIrish bouzouki, GDAEIrish bouzouki, ADAD

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