Amaj7 piano chord — the keys, the inversions, the theory

Amaj7 is a major seventh chord built from A, C#, E, G#. Below: the keys to press, every inversion with its own diagram, the intervals it is made of, the keys whose scale contains it, and a progression that actually uses it. Press any diagram to hear it.

Amaj7

A · C# · E · G#

Piano keyboardC4C5

Semitones above the root: 0 – 4 – 7 – 11

A major third at the bottom is what makes this bright and settled.

Inversions of Amaj7

  • Root position

    A · C# · E · G# · bass A

  • Inversion 1

    C# · E · G# · A · bass C#

  • Inversion 2

    E · G# · A · C# · bass E

  • Inversion 3

    G# · A · C# · E · bass G#

Same chord, different note at the bottom. Press a diagram to hear it — inversions are how you move between chords without jumping your hand across the keyboard.

Keys that contain Amaj7

  • AI
  • EIV

In A it does this job: I – V – vi – IV

  1. Amaj7
  2. E
  3. F#m
  4. D

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