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I am having a hard time figuring out the best way to hold the Gmaj7 chord. This chord requires all four fingers over four different strings and four different frets. I hate this chord! Any tips or tricks would be appreciated.
I personally play Gmaj7 like this: 320002. What fingering are you using?
i play it as a bar
3
3
4
3
5
3
Hi Spaminator,
I think the chord you have there is actually G7 as opposed to Gmaj7. All 7th chords have a flattened 7th which, in the case of G7, would be an F. Maj7 chords, such as Gmaj7, have an unaltered 7th (which would be F# from the G major scale). The notes of 353433 are G, D, F, B, D, and G so I make it G7.
I am prepared to be corrected on this, but i'm pretty sure that's the way it works. <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_biggrin.gif" border=0 alt="Very Happy">
cheers
Ant
Hi,
I've tried both ways, doing a barre chord and using the four fingers on each of the strings. Barre seems to be easier. With fingering, I'm putting my index finger on the 4th string second fret and the rest at the remaining strings and frets. I'm sorry for being ignorant, but can you please explain your numbers below? Is 32 represents third and second fingers?
Thanks!
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I personally play Gmaj7 like this: 320002. What fingering are you using?
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Ant,
Is there a section on this site that explain the notes similar to what you have below? I can play chords, but never learned the notes placement. Thanks for your feedback nonetheless.
Kahuna
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Hi Spaminator,
I think the chord you have there is actually G7 as opposed to Gmaj7. All 7th chords have a flattened 7th which, in the case of G7, would be an F. Maj7 chords, such as Gmaj7, have an unaltered 7th (which would be F# from the G major scale). The notes of 353433 are G, D, F, B, D, and G so I make it G7.
I am prepared to be corrected on this, but i'm pretty sure that's the way it works. <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_biggrin.gif" border=0 alt="Very Happy">
cheers
Ant
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Kahuna,
I'm afraid I don't know of anything here that will explain what I mean, so I'll give it a go.
Okay, taking my first example of 320002. Each individual digit represents the fret to be fretted on each of the six strings. So, the 3 on the far left means that you should fret the third fret of the sixth (thickest) string.
The next digit from the left (2) means that you should fret the fifth string at the second fret.
The next three strings are open (0), so no fingers are needed here.
The final digit on the right (2) is for the first (thinnest) string so you fret the second fret of the first string. Voila!
Unfortunately, you rarely get an indication of which fingers to use with this sort of chord diagram, but in this case I would use my middle finger for the sixth string, my index finger for the fifth string and my ring finger for the first string.
This isn't mean't to be patronising in any way so forgive me if I'm covering things you already know, but I thought it was worth trying to explain it thoroughly.
I'm afriad I'm still not sure which chord you are trying to play. I've just been having a go at working it out from your description and I just can't get it. Maybe you could try and work it out like I have above and write it down for us to see.
Ant
Hi Ant,
Thanks so much for your explanation. It makes sense to me now. Regarding the chord I'm tryin to play, the Gmaj7. This one, if my number is correct, would then be:
002345. I guess I will have to fiddle with this one for a while until I get it. Let me know what you think.
Thanks!
kahuna, yes that is right but you would have to bar the chord on the second fret.
I dont thin kI have ever played this chord and I would find a way of cheating since I am crap at barring chords.
I looked up the chord here.
<a href="http://www.chordie.com/chords.php" target="_blank">http://www.chordie.com/chords.php</a>
yes, chordie has access to a good chord book. it is found under " resources".
in the case of Gmaj7 it has a number "2" at the left hand side of the diagram, this means it is barred on the second fret. If it had a 3, the nbar on the 3rd fret etc etc etc.
if you click on the chord diagram it will show you different ways of playing Gmaj7, and like Ant's version of it, it is just another way to play it. both ways are right.
what you got to do is decide what way sounds best with the song you are doing
Ken
Ken
<table border="0" align="center" width="90%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td class="SmallText"><b>aw32 wrote on Thu, 24 August 2006 16:10</b></td></tr><tr><td class="quote">
Hi Spaminator,
I think the chord you have there is actually G7 as opposed to Gmaj7. All 7th chords have a flattened 7th which, in the case of G7, would be an F. Maj7 chords, such as Gmaj7, have an unaltered 7th (which would be F# from the G major scale). The notes of 353433 are G, D, F, B, D, and G so I make it G7.
I am prepared to be corrected on this, but i'm pretty sure that's the way it works. <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_biggrin.gif" border=0 alt="Very Happy">
cheers
Ant
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ah thanks my mistake so im just supposing from a small knowledge of chord theory that the maj7 is
3
3
5
3
5
3
hello, new user here putting my 2 cents worth on this....
it looks like the bar chord you have listed as
3=G
3=C
5=G
3=Bb
5=E
3=G
is actually a C7 chord
what you actually need is:
3=G =bar with 1st finger
5=D =4th finger(pinky)
4=F# =2nd finger
4=B =3rd finger(ring finger)
3=D =bar with 1st finger
3=G =bar with 1st finger
But...I usually play an open Gmaj7 the same as 'aw32'did:
320002
by the way: the confusion is because there is a 'typo' on the chord chart listed for Gmaj7..
it show: xx2345 but it should be in reverse order:
xx5432
hope this helps,
darren
key of G is
G A B C D E F#
triad is
G B D
maj7 is
G B D F#
from high to low eBGDAE
3G ... 3G
3D ... 3D
4B ... 5C
4F# . 3F
5D ... 5D
3G ... 3G
there i did the chord theory and the first one is actually a Gmaj7th chord
so what i had written was not a C7 chord but a G+7th chord
sorry, I was listing it LOW to high. not High to low....
so, looks like we have the same chord here anyway...
darren
Hey Kahuna,
As 'darren1' has already said there is a mistake on the chord chart and the chord should actually be played xx5432 NOT xx2345 (It should sound alot nicer as well <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_biggrin.gif" border=0 alt="Very Happy"> ).
Keep at it though, I'm sure you'll get it down soon.
Ant
Ant et al,
Thank you and everyone who provided input! It makes sense now, in that the chord diagram was reversed! Thanks to Darren for pointing that out.
I feel much better now and will spend sometime getting this one down (the right way!)
You guys are awesome!
Thanks,
Kahuna!
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Ant et al,
Thank you and everyone who provided input! It makes sense now, in that the chord diagram was reversed! Thanks to Darren for pointing that out.
I feel much better now and will spend sometime getting this one down (the right way!)
You guys are awesome!
Thanks,
Kahuna!
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Try this. - 3x343x
I use my thumb to get the bass note on the low E. This is a movable chord so it becomes an A at the 5th fret etc.
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The most melodic and full-sounding Gmaj7 I've found is fingered like a a barred Bm chord on the second fret with the tip of the index finger advanced one fret to play the G root note on the sixth string and arched to mute the A string. Bottom to top is 3-X-4-4-3-2. This inversion slides up and down the neck for any maj7 chord. An alternative open-ringing Gmaj7 is 3-x-0-0-0-2.
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