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Understanding the fretboard Intervals & chord construction Bye-bye b7! Voicings I Voicings II Diatonic Chords I Diatonic Chords II Extensions and Modifications

Major chords I - C A G E D Major chords II - barre chords Major chords III - modern Minor chords Minor seventh chords (m7) Slash chords I Dominant 7th chords (V7) Maj7 chords Diminshed (dim) & Half Diminished (m7b5) Altered dominant 7th chords (V7alt) Sus and Add chords Sixth chords Slash chords II

Chord Progression Matrix Modern Major Chords
I - IV - V 4 chords - countless songs
I - V - VIm - IV 4 chords - variation
VIm - IV - I - V Pop/Rock ballads with descending bass Minor 7th
I - IIIm7 - VIm7 - IV Sus chords
IIm - IIm7 - Vsus4 - V Let's get funky!
IIm7 V7 The Two-Five-One Progression
IIm7 - V7 - Imaj7 Two-Five-One in minor
IIm7b5 - V7 - Im7 Two-Five-One with altered V7 chord
IIm7 - V7alt - Imaj7 Slash chords - various progressions

Intervals Basic major chords Major and minor chords Complementary intervals sus4 and sus2 chords Triads Slash chords Minor 7th chords (m7) Diatonic chords Dominant 7th chords (V7) V7 and m7 chords V7 and maj7 chords V7, m7 and maj7 chords Diminished & half-diminished 6, 6/9 and add9 chords 9, m9 and maj9 chords 9, 11, 13, sus9, sus13 Altered dominant 7th chords (V7alt) Mixed chord extentions Substitutions

C#maj7 guitar chord chart with explanation

C#maj7

C#maj7

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The maj7 is a major chord with an additional major 7th. You can get the maj7 by going up the C major scale all seven tones. Or you just go down a half-step (1 fret) from C.

The Cmaj7 has the notes C (1), E (3), G (5) and B (maj7).

The maj7 chord is a diatonic chord of the major scale. It can be assembled by stacking thirds of scale own tones on the 1st (Imaj7) and 4th (Ivmaj7) scale degree. In case of a C major scale that results in a Cmaj7 (C E G B) and an Fmaj7 chord (F A C E).

In Jazz and Soul orientated music (Soul, Funk, R&B,…) and beyond, where plain major and minor chords sound kind of shallow, maj7 chords are omnipresent. In those musical styles practically all major chords on the 1st or 4th scale degree are extended with a maj7 (or modified/extended in other ways like sus2, add9 or as 6th chords).