Major Seventh Chords -------------------- A major seventh chord is a four note chord consisting of the 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th degrees of a key. For the key of C, Cmaj7 would consist of C, E, G and B. Cmaj7, C form Cmaj7, A form Cmaj7, G form Cmaj7, E form Cmaj7, D form =========== +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ | | | | | | -1 | 1 | | | | -3 | | | 1 | | -4 | | | | | 1 -7 | 1 1 | | | -10 +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ | | 2 | | | | | | 2 | | | | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | | +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ | 3 | | | | | | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | 3 | | | | | 3 3 3 +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | 4 | | | | | | | | | +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ =========== =========== 4 | | | | | =========== =========== x 3 7 x 5 3 +-+-+-+-+-+ x 1 5 x 1 7 1 5 x 1 7 x =========== x 3 7 5 5 3 1 5 x 3 7 x