This chord has 4 voicings across the fretboard. Use the arrows to see each shape and fingering — and tap any dot on the diagram to hear that note.
AmMaj7 Guitar Chord
A minor-major seventh chord combining the darkness of minor with a bright major seventh. AmMaj7 creates a sophisticated, tense color found in film scores and jazz harmony.
Also known as
- AmM7
- A-Δ7
- A mM7
- A -Δ7
- A mMaj7
- Am(maj7)
- AminMaj7
- A m(maj7)
- A minMaj7
- A minor-major 7th
- A minor-major seventh
How to Play This Chord
Position your fingers on the fretboard as shown in the diagram. The vertical lines represent the strings, from low E (left) to high E (right), and the horizontal lines are the frets. Numbers inside the dots indicate which finger to use: 1 (index), 2 (middle), 3 (ring), 4 (pinky). An X means don't play that string; an O means play it open. A bar spanning multiple strings means one finger presses across all of them at once — this is known as a barre chord.
Tips & Tricks
Open AmMaj7 places the major 7th (G#) against the minor chord. The result is beautifully melancholy. It's the second chord in the famous descending chromatic bass line: Am → AmMaj7 → Am7 → Am6, which appears in "My Funny Valentine" and countless other standards.