# Gmaj7, the G major 7 guitar chord

Gmaj7 keeps the brightness of G but rounds the edges off. It’s the G family shape again, two fingers on the outer strings with the A string silent on purpose. The reach across the neck is wide, so check that the open middle strings aren’t caught under either finger.

Gmaj7

## How to play it

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

## Changes to practice

Holding Gmaj7 still is the easy part. Songs need you to _arrive_ at it in rhythm, so in Strumhold you practice Gmaj7 as changes, alongside the rest of the Open Major 7ths set:

- [Gmaj7 ↔ Amaj7](https://strumhold.com/chords/a-major-7/) G major 7 to A major 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/A.maj7.A~G.maj7.G)
- [Gmaj7 ↔ Dmaj7](https://strumhold.com/chords/d-major-7/) G major 7 to D major 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/D.maj7.D~G.maj7.G)
- [Gmaj7 ↔ Cmaj7](https://strumhold.com/chords/c-major-7/) G major 7 to C major 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/C.maj7.C~G.maj7.G)

## Same root, different color

- [G](https://strumhold.com/chords/g-major/), G major
- [Gm](https://strumhold.com/chords/g-minor/), G minor
- [G7](https://strumhold.com/chords/g-7/), G dominant 7
- [Gm7](https://strumhold.com/chords/g-minor-7/), G minor 7
- [Gm](https://strumhold.com/chords/g-minor-e-shape/), G minor in E-shape

## 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 Gmaj7 in the app](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/A.maj7.A~G.maj7.G)