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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.

Beginner

GaugMaj7 Guitar Chord

An augmented major seventh chord with a dreamy, floating quality. GaugMaj7 appears in harmonic minor harmony and adds lush tension to jazz voicings.

Also known as

  • G+M7
  • G+Δ7
  • G +M7
  • G +Δ7
  • G+maj7
  • G +maj7
  • G augMaj7
  • Gaug(maj7)
  • G aug(maj7)
  • G augmented major 7th
  • G augmented 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

A rare and exotic chord. Build it by taking Gmaj7 and raising the 5th (D) to D#. It creates a floating, unresolved quality. You'll mainly encounter this in jazz composition or advanced harmony studies rather than in everyday playing.

There are many ways to play this chord. Try these:

eBGDAE 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 2
eBGDAE 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 1
eBGDAE 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0
eBGDAE 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 2

See how GaugMaj7 works with other chords — Progression Generator