# Fmaj7, the F major 7 guitar chord

Fmaj7 has no open shape behind it. Your index lies at a slant: it presses the low E at the 1st fret and lands on the nut at the other end, so the high E rings open. The A string stays silent. Both the D string and the open high E sound the major 7th, which is what makes the chord float instead of land. Señorita and Like a Rolling Stone use it. Check the low E rings, because that end of the slant is the one that slips.

Fmaj7

## How to play it

- Index finger on the low E string (6th), 1st fret.
- Middle finger on the B string (2nd), 1st fret.
- Ring finger on the D string (4th), 2nd fret.
- Pinky on the G string (3rd), 2nd fret.
- Let the open high E string (1st) ring.
- Don't strum the A string (5th). It stays silent in this shape.

## Changes to practice

Holding Fmaj7 still is the easy part. Songs need you to _arrive_ at it in rhythm, so in Strumhold you practice Fmaj7 as changes, alongside the rest of the Barre Major 7ths set:

- [Fmaj7 ↔ B♭maj7](https://strumhold.com/chords/b-flat-major-7/) F major 7 to B♭ major 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/A%23.maj7.A~F.maj7.E)
- [Fmaj7 ↔ C♯maj7](https://strumhold.com/chords/c-sharp-major-7/) F major 7 to C♯ major 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/C%23.maj7.A~F.maj7.E)
- [Fmaj7 ↔ E♭maj7](https://strumhold.com/chords/e-flat-major-7/) F major 7 to E♭ major 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/D%23.maj7.A~F.maj7.E)
- [Fmaj7 ↔ Bmaj7](https://strumhold.com/chords/b-major-7/) F major 7 to B major 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/B.maj7.A~F.maj7.E)
- [Fmaj7 ↔ Emaj7](https://strumhold.com/chords/e-major-7/) F major 7 to E major 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/E.maj7.A~F.maj7.E)
- [Fmaj7 ↔ A♭maj7](https://strumhold.com/chords/a-flat-major-7/) F major 7 to A♭ major 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/F.maj7.E~G%23.maj7.E)
- [Fmaj7 ↔ F♯maj7](https://strumhold.com/chords/f-sharp-major-7/) F major 7 to F♯ major 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/F%23.maj7.E~F.maj7.E)

## Same root, different color

- [F](https://strumhold.com/chords/f-major/), F major
- [Fm](https://strumhold.com/chords/f-minor/), F minor
- [F7](https://strumhold.com/chords/f-7/), F dominant 7
- [Fm7](https://strumhold.com/chords/f-minor-7/), F minor 7

## Hear yourself get faster

Strumhold listens to your guitar through your device's mic, a headset, or a line-in from your audio interface. You drill a chord change to a metronome and it scores every single change. Free, no account, works offline.

[Drill Fmaj7 in the app](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/A%23.maj7.A~F.maj7.E)