How to Play Maj7 Guitar Chords: Easy & Advanced Shapes

[@MartyMusic]

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[@cyxtg]

Hey Marty, can you do a tutorial on how to play I’m just a kid by simple plan and the tuning for the song?

[@benbrown3532]

How about a video on Maj7 chords with the root and the 7th a half step apart? I love the dreamy dissonant sound they give to acoustic guitar.

[@MarkPeotter]

Billy Joel said during an interview (paraphrased) "When I was first starting out, I got a gig as a piano player in a bar and they wanted some jazz music. I didn't know a lot of jazz tunes at the time. But I found out that if I played a bunch of major seven chords, it sounds like I'm playing jazz."

[@RonaldKing-c1c]

Marty, Thank you for your generosity! As a 2 year player, in my 60’s, this helps open up so much more! It demonstrates how great the guitar really is as an instrument!! 😉👍

[@chrisreese2361]

My teacher was teaching me arpeggios in Cmaj and this video was icing on the cake on learning more about Maj7 chords.

[@timesurfingalien]

Thank you Marty for all you do.

[@susanholiday7347]

Thank you Marty for the refresher. I used to know and use a lot of these every day. Now, not so much. Another example is The Eagles and Best Of My Love, C-CM7. Keep groovin!

[@saucerjock]

Great lesson especially if you're into that funky chord that isn't cowboy. Including this chord in your rock sometimes makes it sound so much better. Journey and Beach Boys used these sometimes. Just makes it sound better. A Spice.

[@Markplaysmusic]

Nice licks thanks and whatever level or age we can all do with a few pointers. There's those shapes we get stuck with for years and don't move on. It's good to re look at things

[@spicykimchi1]

Major 7 chords are great, but to me they have this happy/sad feeling to them. When I hear them, I imagine it's the 1970s, and I'm on the way to the dentist on a rainy Monday morning.

[@mrblavign]

So helpful! Thanks for sharing.

[@tiffanyspencer6828]

Marty thank you so much! I was looking for a step by step guide into maj7 chords. Thank you for making it easy to follow and showing different voicings. ❤❤

[@MattH1874]

Love this. Appreciate you always. I wouldn't be able to play a single chord without you. Thankyou.

[@michaelmerrullo2043]

Great breakdown Marty. Really helps you see what major 7 chords consist of. Love your little servings of knowledge

[@edwardglyons]

Super awesome lesson. Thanks Marty.

[@aleksaleks698]

Good one, thanks!

[@jcburger733]

Hey Marty, thanks for the Maj7 lesson. Appreciated!!

[@kdavis63]

What a great lesson...mahalo Marty!

[@ScottJamesHicks]

Thanks yet again Marty ❤

[@TaylorJones-nc9go]

You are so good at guitar Marty I sign in for you

[@joshnorko5586]

I dig it Marty, thank you sir!

[@kevineggler3153]

Sounds so good.

[@KB24toogood]

I know I’m a day late on this but thanks for this tutorial Marty. This was one I really needed.

[@splashesin8]

Yay Marty!

[@crazed1x]

Cool lesson.. I almost never play emaj7 or amaj7 in that first position

[@persuader357]

I love it when you talk theory! LOL

[@AdrianoJFischer]

Reminds me Ten years gone chords by Zeppelin.

[@bradleyanderson8109]

All summer long solo

[@simonpratley3301]

To play lead over Maj7, do we use a Maj or Minor (penta) scale?

[@MartyMusic]

Major Scale usually

[@Rider-v5m8o]

Hey Marty I’ve been trying to find a tutorial on I need you by lynyrd skynyrd and can’t find one that’s not just some guy playing through it really fast be appreciated if you made a video on it

[@DaKrzFkr]

Great lesson Marty. Thank you. 1 question, I'm curious where the chords get the number assignment. Why is the number "7" specifically used? TIA

[@Tim82621]

Because its the 7th note. In Cmaj7 C = 1 D=2 E=3 … B=7

[@DaKrzFkr]

@Tim82621 ahh, so it's a music theory thing. Theory always confuses me. ThanX though.

[@Tim82621]

@@DaKrzFkr more or less yea. Its just the alphabet counted up. If you know the order of the first 7 notes in the alphabet then you’re good. The first note is the note of the key, in my example thats C. And then its just the alphabet. In the key of A it would be: A=1, B=2, C=3, D=4 … G=7

[@mackenziedailey843]

please do some five finger death punch acoustic tutorials please!

[@bhoomikabatra335]

Can you try help herself by bbno$

[@NickCarroll-g7l]

Could you do say goodbye by rev theory. Cant find any tabs on it.

[@MulanvanWyk]

Can you please do better than words by one direction pls pls pls

[@Hiro-pk2lh]

Mc fly, I thought I told you to not come in here any more……..

[@Max-e5m3n]

Day 43 of asking for the enter sandman solo

[@GDavis49]

👎🏻

[@MarcoPolo-ze3ie]

Hate that sound. I guess songs I avoid have Major 7