DADGAD left-handed chord chart

Amaj7 Left-Handed Guitar Chord Chart

Major 7 chord voicings, mirrored lefty grip charts and standard tab references in DADGAD.

Amaj7 uses the notes A, C#, E, G# and is shown here as a mirrored left-handed chord chart. DADGAD encourages drones and modal movement, which makes mirrored left-handed charts especially useful because familiar standard shapes stop behaving normally. Mirrored diagrams matter here because the inner-string note placement is easy to misread when you are learning from right-handed chord books.

Open a page

Chord boxes are mirrored for left-handed guitar. Tab and low-to-high shape notation remain standard so common lessons still translate.

Formula 1 3 5 7
Tuning D A G D A D
Voicings 4 shapes
Mirror View True lefty chart

Primary Chart

Chord View

6fr
 
 
 
 
 
 
6
G#
C#
G#
7
E
E
A
8
9
10
D
A
G
D
A
D

Major 7 voicing around frets 6-10

6fr
 
 
 
 
 
 
6
C#
G#
7
A
E
E
A
8
9
10
D
A
G
D
A
D

Major 7 voicing around frets 6-10

 
 
 
 
o
x
1
G#
2
E
E
3
4
C#
5
D
A
G
D
A
D

Major 7 open-position chart (frets 1-5)

4fr
 
 
 
 
 
 
4
C#
5
6
G#
C#
G#
7
E
A
8
D
A
G
D
A
D

Major 7 voicing around frets 4-8

Standard Reference

Tab & Shape Readout

Standard Tab Reference

Left-handed shape (high -> low): 6 7 6 6 7 7
Chord tones: A C# E G#

D|-6-|
A|-7-|
G|-6-|
D|-6-|
A|-7-|
D|-7-|

Mirrored left-handed chord box on top, stacked standard tab reference below.

Standard Tab Reference

Left-handed shape (high -> low): 7 7 6 6 7 7
Chord tones: A C# E G#

D|-7-|
A|-7-|
G|-6-|
D|-6-|
A|-7-|
D|-7-|

Mirrored left-handed chord box on top, stacked standard tab reference below.

Standard Tab Reference

Left-handed shape (high -> low): 2 4 1 2 0 x
Chord tones: A C# E G#

D|-2-|
A|-4-|
G|-1-|
D|-2-|
A|-0-|
D|-x-|

Mirrored left-handed chord box on top, stacked standard tab reference below.

Standard Tab Reference

Left-handed shape (high -> low): 6 4 6 6 7 7
Chord tones: A C# E G#

D|-6-|
A|-4-|
G|-6-|
D|-6-|
A|-7-|
D|-7-|

Mirrored left-handed chord box on top, stacked standard tab reference below.

Context

How To Use This Page

Overview

Major 7 feels lush, polished and sophisticated and works for neo-soul, jazz-pop, chord melody and atmospheric harmony.

Lefty Translation

Mirrored diagrams matter here because the inner-string note placement is easy to misread when you are learning from right-handed chord books.

Grip Cue

Let notes ring but do not squeeze; these voicings sound better with even pressure than brute force

Tuning Context

DADGAD feels open, droning and harmonically spacious. It rewards left-handed players who want ringing accompaniment and modal colours.

Chord Tones
  • A
  • C#
  • E
  • G#

Next Step

Matching Left-Handed Scales

Use these scale pages to move from the chord into lead work without leaving the same tuning and key centre.

Library

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