12 Extended Major 7 Guitar Chords / Dictionary & Video

Whether you play jazz, neo-soul, pop, or ambient styles, these chords will expand your harmonic vocabulary and inspire new progressions.

Each chord is presented with clear diagrams and practical voicings so you can easily integrate them into your playing.

They can be used as variations of a Imaj7 chord in a progression, keeping the same harmonic function while adding new textures and emotional nuances.

By substituting a simple Major 7 chord with these extended voicings, you can instantly make a progression sound more modern and expressive.

Notice that the second one (R-5-7-9) can be seen as G/C.

The voicings 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 are rootless chords.

The last two Cmaj7 (9,13) can be considered as C6/9 chords.