Someone showed me the intro to Stairway to Heaven and called this chord A Minor W/ Major 7th and I cannot figure out why. It is 6th fret on D string, 5th fret on G & B strings, 7th fret on High E.

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Another this is that there are many ways to play chords. with this chord the note on the 6th fret on D string is the Maj 7th, the 5th fret on G & B strings is the flat3rd and the the fith and the 7th fret on High E is a maj2nd from the octave root

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answered 25 May '10, 08:43

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a major seventh is 5.5 wholesteps from the root which is an A.

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answered 25 May '10, 08:29

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