The A Major 7 chord (also written as A Maj 7) contains the notes A, C#, E and G#. It is produced by taking the root, 3rd, 5th and 7th of the A Major scale. It is essentially an A Major chord, with the 7th note of the Major scale added.
The A Major 7 chord is quite a popular chord. The Major 7 chord in general is considered a kind of default chord, as it contains no altered notes of the Major scale (1, 3, 5, 7). It can also be used as a starting point, when figuring out other chords that have A as a root note. For example, the A minor 7 chord can be produced by lowering the 3rd and 7th of the A Major 7 chord.
The standard way to play the A Major 7 chord is in the open position. It is essentially the common, open position A Major chord, but with a G# (7th of the scale) played on the third string.
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The open position A Major 7 chord is also the easiest version to start with, as it requires no barring or difficult fingering. Here are the step by step instructions for playing the chord, which can be a helpful way of validating that it is being played the correct way:
Guitarists are often already familiar with the common barre chord versions of A Major, before learning A Major 7 chord. Just like learning the barre chord versions of A Major, it is important to learn the two A Major 7 shapes, that have the root note on the 6th string and 5th string, respectively. The 6th and 5th strings act as navigational strings for most chords, as the root notes are often played on these strings.
Drop 2 voicings allow guitarists to explore chord inversions, by dropping the second highest note (pitch-wise) down one octave. By playing the A Major 7 chord, using the drop 2 system, we can produce four unique shapes on the first four strings of the guitar, as well as another four shapes on the 2nd to 5th strings of the guitar. The drop 2 system itself takes a bit of explaining, which you can read up on here.
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The shape below is just a common Major 7 shape, and is played starting on the 9th fret for A Major 7.
The A Major 7 chord contains the notes A, C#, E and G#. If you take away the root note, you are left with C#, E and G#, which is a C sharp minor chord.
This can allow for some interesting exploration of the chord, by playing C# minor triads, and adding the A note (usually in the bass). Given that the A note can be played on the open 5th string, it is easy to simply play through the different inversions of C#m and play the open A string.
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