Amaj7 ukulele chord

Lush, warm, and jazzy. The natural 7th sits a semitone below the octave, giving a soft, unresolved shimmer.

A major 7th · standard GCEA tuning · 3 shapes

How to Play Amaj7 on Ukulele

The easiest shape is 1100: G string 1st fret · C string 1st fret · E string open · A string open.

Amaj7 ukulele chord, Open position

Open position

1 1 0 0

Amaj7 ukulele chord, Up the neck, fret 44

Up the neck, fret 4

6 4 4 0

Amaj7 ukulele chord, Up the neck, fret 88

Up the neck, fret 8

9 8 9 0

Strings left to right are G, C, E and A, as the ukulele faces you. Numbers are frets; 0 means play the string open. Every shape is worked out from the notes the chord must contain and checked against them before it is published.

Notes in Amaj7

A
root
C♯
3rd
E
5th
G♯
7th

A ukulele has four strings, so a 4-note chord uses every string for a different note — there is nothing left to double. Because the G string is tuned high (reentrant tuning), the lowest note you hear is usually on the C or E string, not the G.

Songs and Keys That Use Amaj7

Amaj7 belongs to 2 major keys: E major (as the IV chord) and A major (as the I chord).

  • I – IV – V — the backbone of blues and early rock
  • vi – IV – I – V — the pop-punk staple
  • I – V – vi – IV — the most common progression in pop

Amaj7 on Other Instruments

  • Guitar: see the Amaj7 guitar chord — six strings, so the shapes are different, but the notes are the same.
  • Baritone ukulele (DGBE): 2224. A baritone is tuned like the top four strings of a guitar, so guitar shapes carry over and standard-ukulele shapes do not. Tune one with the baritone ukulele tuner.

Tune first

A right shape on an out-of-tune ukulele still sounds wrong. Check G, C, E and A in a few seconds.

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