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Cmaj7
Also known as C Major 7 and  C △7
Guitar Chord

 
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C
E
G
B
E
 
G
-
E
B
C
E
 
Fret: 3
G
C
G
B
E
G
 
Fret: 5
-
-
G
C
E
B
 
Fret: 7
-
-
C
E
G
B
 
Fret: 8
C
-
B
E
G
-
Key

x = don't play string
o = play open string
If the same fingering appears for more than one string, place the finger flat on the fingerboard as a 'bar', so all the strings can sound.

See also the Cmaj7 Piano Chord

Examples of use
The maj7 or Major 7th chord (sometimes written as △7 to avoid confusion with minor chords - eg. C△7) is usually found on either the I or the IV (1st of 4th) degrees of a major scale.
So in C major, this would be Cmaj7 or Fmaj7.



In slightly more jazzy circumstances, you might play a maj7 chord on a more chromatic note of the score, as in this example, in A major:



Major 7th chords are one of the Diatonic 7th chords we talk about in the theory lesson here.




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