Major Seventh Chords
This lesson introduces the Major Seventh chord. The Major Seventh chord is a very pleasant sounding chord and should not be confused with the Dominant Seventh chord discussed in Lessons Nine and Ten.
Three basic Major Seventh chords used often in Rock are the C Major Seventh. F Major Seventh and G Major Seventh chords.
Cmaj7
Fmaj7
Gmaj7
Ballad for the Major is a slow Rock ballad with a two bar syncopated rhythm. Many of the chord changes occur on the up-strums of the rhythm pattem.The Major Seventh chords shown are used. Listen to the recording carefully in order to get the right feel for this song.
New Chords: Amaj7, Dmaj7
Amaj7
Dmaj7
Two more popular Major Seventh chords are the A Major Seventh and D Major Seventh.
Example 30 uses the A Major Seventh and D Major Seventh chords with almost every chord change occurring on an up-strum.
