Fmaj7 piano chord — the keys, the inversions, the theory

Fmaj7 is a major seventh chord built from F, A, C, E. 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.

Fmaj7

F · A · C · E

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 Fmaj7

  • Root position

    F · A · C · E · bass F

  • Inversion 1

    A · C · E · F · bass A

  • Inversion 2

    C · E · F · A · bass C

  • Inversion 3

    E · F · A · C · bass E

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 Fmaj7

  • FI
  • CIV

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

  1. Fmaj7
  2. C
  3. Dm
  4. Bb

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