As far as I can tell, the kind of Maj7 chord shape I am looking for does not exist, but I figured i would pester you fine folks about it nonetheless.
I love the sound and finger placement of the dom7 shape that, take D7 for example, looks like 5th fret G string, 4th D string, 5th A string.
Similarly, I love the sound and placement of the min7 shape that, for Dmin7,looks like 5-3-5 on G D and A.
Likewise, I like the dom7 shape that for G7 looks like 4-3-5 on G D and A.
However, I cant find a good sounding maj7 shape to my liking.
if, for example, i raise the F in the G7 above to F#, I get a B minor triad sound, and the same with dropping the C of the D7 above to a B.
I know the Maj7 shape that looks like 2-2-4-4 for Amaj7, and it sounds ok to drop the root, but I am grasping for something a little more fitting. I cant seem to get the sound I want.
This may be a problem of voice leading and guide tones, which i definitely need to work on. What is a good way to get from a dom7 or min7 to a maj7 on a mando without getting some inversion that sounds wrong.
Or maybe its my ears.
Or maybe my mind, and you are all wondering what i am blathering on about and that the options i think don't sound quite right are actually perfectly fine.
It just seems like with fifths tuning there arent that many options for maj7s without getting funny inversions or off sounding intervals (minor 2nds and major 7ths).
Sorry for the long post,
Thanks,
Baron
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