F#mmaj7

F#mMaj7 is F#, A, C# and E#, a minor major seventh. The shape this page opens on is written 243222, lowest string first.

Also written F#mM7, F#m(maj7), F#-Δ7 or F#minMaj7. The same chord either way; which spelling you meet depends on who wrote the chart.

There are 6 common shapes for F#mMaj7 on the guitar, and 30 derived voicings in 4 families.

The common shapes, written lowest string first: 243222, xx4221, xx4665, x9766x, x-9-11-10-10-9, x-12-11-11-14-13.

Shell. Root, third and seventh: the guide tones fix the quality, so the fifth is dropped. That is what leaves a string free, so pick a tension to put on top. F#mMaj7 has 203xxx, 2x32xx, x-9-7-10-x-x, x-9-x-10-10-x, 14-12-15-x-x-x, 14-x-15-14-x-x.

Drop 2. A close-position chord with the second voice from the top lowered an octave. Sits on four adjacent strings. F#mMaj7 has xx3222, 2432xx, xx4665, x8767x, x-9-11-10-10-x, 13-12-11-11-x-x, x-x-15-14-14-14, x4426x.

Drop 3. The third voice from the top lowered an octave. The dropped voice becomes the bass, which is why a string is skipped. F#mMaj7 has x4x262, 2x322x, 5x466x, x8x675, 9-x-7-10-7-x, x-9-x-10-10-9, 13-x-11-11-10-x, x-12-x-11-14-13.

Open string. An open string left ringing against a fretted grip. Because it costs no finger, it sounds a note the closed shape has none left for -- a tension on top, or a pedal root underneath. Either a familiar grip with open strings added, or a shape so sparse the open strings carry the chord. These belong to their key rather than to a shape, so D, A, G and E have many and Eb a handful. F#mMaj7 has 24320x, x0360x.

Tensions. A shell of F#mMaj7, root, third and seventh, leaves a string free, and the tones that belong over it are the 9 (G#), the 11 (B) and the 13 (D#).

The common shapes and the derived voicings come from different places, and both are explained in where the chords and the theory come from.