Major 7th Chord

🎵 A warm, gentle, and sophisticated major chord (root, 3, 5, 7). It adds color and a slight openness or yearning feel compared to a major triad. Use it as the tonic (I) or subdominant (IV) chord, especially in jazz, soul, and ballads. Often feels dreamy, romantic, or serene.

Also abbreviated as: maj7Δma7M7Maj7^7

With all 4 notes and C as bass, it is also: CM7Cmaj7

Contains intervals: 1P3M5P7M

Popular songs which use this chord type: The Girl from Ipanema, What a Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong), Just the Two of Us (Bill Withers)