Dmaj7 piano chord — the keys, the inversions, the theory

Dmaj7 is a major seventh chord built from D, F#, A, C#. 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.

Dmaj7

D · F# · A · C#

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 Dmaj7

  • Root position

    D · F# · A · C# · bass D

  • Inversion 1

    F# · A · C# · D · bass F#

  • Inversion 2

    A · C# · D · F# · bass A

  • Inversion 3

    C# · D · F# · A · bass C#

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 Dmaj7

  • DI
  • AIV

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

  1. Dmaj7
  2. A
  3. Bm
  4. G

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