Piano Reference: A Major chord (Amaj) & A Major 7th Chord (Amaj7)
Interactive piano reference to the A Major chord, abbreviated as Amaj or AM. The A Major chord consists of the notes A, C♯ and E. The 2 inversions to the A Major chord 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.
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:
C majorD majorE majorF majorG majorB majorC♯ majorD♯ majorF♯ majorG♯ majorA♯ major
C minorD minorE minorF minorG minorA minorB minor C♯ minorD♯ minorF♯ minorG♯ minorA♯ minor
C dimD dimE dimF dimG dimA dimB dim C♯ dimD♯ dimF♯ dimG♯ dimA♯ dim
piano samples
The piano samples used here are from “ Salamander Grand Piano V3 ” by Alexander Holm, licensed under CC BY 3.0.

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