A Major Chord (Amaj) & A Major 7th Chord on Piano

A piano keyboard reference for the A Major chord, abbreviated as Amaj or AM.

The A Major triad consists of the notes A, C♯ and E. The 2 inversions to the A Major triad are C♯ E A and E A C♯.

The A Major 7th chord, abbreviated as Amaj7 or AM7, has the notes A, C♯, E and G♯. The 3 inversions to the A Major 7th chord are C♯ E G♯ A, E G♯ A C♯ and G♯ A C♯ E.

In the root position, the A Major chord has the A as the root, the C♯ as the major third and the E as the perfect fifth. With the A Major 7th chord there's the addition of G♯ as the major seventh.

arpeggiate chords

A Major chord

notes: A C♯ E

A
C^♯
E

A Major 1st inversion

notes: C♯ E A

C^♯
E
A

A Major 2nd inversion

notes: E A C♯

E
A

A Major 7th chord

notes: A C♯ E G♯

A
C^♯
E
G^♯

A Major 7th 1st inversion

notes: C♯ E G♯ A

C^♯
E
G^♯
A

A Major 7th 2nd inversion

notes: E G♯ A C♯

E
G^♯
A
C^♯

A Major 7th 3rd inversion

notes: G♯ A C♯ E

G^♯
A
C^♯
E

⌨️ hint: use numbers 1 to 7 on a computer keyboard to trigger the chords and their inversions.

lookup a different chord:

Major Chords

Cmaj Dmaj Emaj Fmaj Gmaj Bmaj C^♯maj D^♯maj F^♯maj G^♯maj A^♯maj

Minor Chords

Cmin Dmin Emin Fmin Gmin Amin Bmin C^♯min D^♯min F^♯min G^♯min A^♯min

Diminished Chords

Cdim Ddim Edim Fdim Gdim Adim Bdim C^♯dim D^♯dim F^♯dim G^♯dim A^♯dim

Augmented Chords

Caug Daug Eaug Faug Gaug Aaug Baug C^♯aug D^♯aug F^♯aug G^♯aug A^♯aug

Dominant Chords

C7 D7 E7 F7 G7 A7 B7 C^♯7 E_♭7 F^♯7 A_♭7 B_♭7

Suspended Chords

Csus Dsus Esus Fsus Gsus Asus Bsus C^♯sus D^♯sus F^♯sus G^♯sus A^♯sus

more music theory references & tools:

Mini Music Machine

Major & Minor Scales (piano reference)

Circle of Fifths

Music Intervals (ear training)

Chords in keys (chord player)

Interval Calculator

Modes of the Major Scale

Chord Transposer

Guitar & Ukulele Tuner

piano samples

The piano samples used here are from “ Salamander Grand Piano V3 ” by Alexander Holm, licensed under CC BY 3.0.