Gm(maj7) — G minor major seventh chord

A minor triad with a major seventh added. The interval between the minor third and the major seventh is a major third and the interval between the seventh and the root is a semitone, so the chord is unstable.

1 = G
b3 = Bb
5 = D
7 = F#

Symbol: Gm(maj7)
Root: G
Quality: Minor major seventh
Family: seventh
Notes: G Bb D F#
Degree formula: 1 b3 5 7
Semitones from the root: 0 3 7 11
Distinct pitch classes: 4
Interval structure: Stacked from the root: 3 semitones, 4 semitones, 4 semitones
Notation: Written m(maj7), mMaj7 or m♯7. The tonic chord of the melodic minor scale, and the chord a semitone below a new tonic in a minor cadence.
Key: G · G major / E minor key signature

Gm(maj7) chord fingering chart, six strings, frets marked — Gm(maj7) — fingering chart Diagram: Will Chan

Formula

The chord tones in order from the root, with the interval each one forms above it.

Degree	Note	Semitones	Interval from the root
1	G	0	Perfect unison
b3	Bb	3	Minor third
5	D	7	Perfect fifth
7	F#	11	Major seventh

Inversions

An inversion is the same set of notes with a different one in the bass. The last column gives the distance of each note above the bass note, in semitones.

Inversion	Bass note	Degree in the bass	Notes above the bass	Semitones above the bass
root position	G	1	G – Bb – D – F#	0 3 7 11
first inversion	Bb	b3	Bb – D – F# – G	0 4 8 9
second inversion	D	5	D – F# – G – Bb	0 4 5 8
third inversion	F#	7	F# – G – Bb – D	0 1 4 8

Inversion

Bass note

Degree in the bass

Notes above the bass

Semitones above the bass

root position

G – Bb – D – F#

0 3 7 11

first inversion

Bb – D – F# – G

0 4 8 9

second inversion

D – F# – G – Bb

0 4 5 8

third inversion

F# – G – Bb – D

0 1 4 8

Playable voicings

These shapes were found by searching the fretboard of a standard-tuned guitar (E A D G B E) rather than copied from a chord book. The search allows every string to sound or to be muted, rejects any shape with a muted string between two sounding strings, rejects any shape whose fretted notes span more than four frets (a five-fret window), requires every chord tone to be present, and then sorts what remains with root-position shapes first and the most compact, lowest shapes next. The shapes shown are the first six of that ordering; other orderings are possible at the same frets.

#	Shape (low string first)	Notes	Degrees	Bass	Span (frets)	Sounding strings
1	3-5-4-3-3-3 (6→1)	G D F# A# D G	1 5 7 b3 5 1	G	2	6
2	3-1-0-0-3-2 (6→1)	G A# D G D F#	1 b3 5 1 5 7	G	3	6
3	3-1-0-3-3-2 (6→1)	G A# D A# D F#	1 b3 5 b3 5 7	G	3	6
4	3-1-4-3-3-2 (6→1)	G A# F# A# D F#	1 b3 7 b3 5 7	G	3	6
5	3-1-4-3-3-3 (6→1)	G A# F# A# D G	1 b3 7 b3 5 1	G	3	6
6	3-5-4-3-3-2 (6→1)	G D F# A# D F#	1 5 7 b3 5 7	G	3	6

Shape numbers run from the lowest string to the highest, so the left-hand number is the sixth string (low E) in standard tuning. Multiple shapes are listed because a chord can be voiced several ways, and because a lower position is not always the better sounding one.

Related chords and scales

KeyEverything in Gscale, chords and neck map for this root
ScaleG melodic minor (ascending)the scale this chord comes from
ChordGm7the minor seventh it extends
ChordGmthe triad underneath it

Everything in G · All chords

KeyKey of GG A B C D E F# · G major / E minor
ScaleG melodic minor (ascending)7 notes · 1 2 b3 4 5 6 7
ChordGm7 — Minor seventh1 b3 5 b7 · G Bb D F
ChordGm — Minor1 b3 5 · G Bb D
ChordGdim7 — Diminished seventh1 b3 b5 bb7 · G Bb Db Fb
ChordG7 — Dominant seventh1 3 5 b7 · G B D F
ChordGmaj7 — Major seventh1 3 5 7 · G B D F#
DegreesG — degree mapG major and natural minor · frets 0–22

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