Modal RunsCmaj7 Chord (Major 7th)
Major 7th stacks a major triad with a major 7th on top — root, 3rd, 5th, major 7th. The notes of Cmaj7 are C, E, G, B.
Lush, dreamy, unresolved-but-comfortable — the chord of bossa nova, soul ballads, and jazz voicings that want to float rather than land.
Cmaj7 voicings on guitar
Every playable, root-in-the-bass grip standard tuning offers, computed from the chord’s own formula — not a fixed shape library.
Compare it against plain major on the same root: the major 7th adds shimmer without adding tension the way a dominant 7th would.
Formula and intervals
R - 3 - 5 - 7 — 4 notes.
Scales that fit Cmaj7
Every scale below contains all of this chord’s notes — safe territory to improvise in over it.