Banjo B7 chord (C Tuning)B seventh on the 5-string banjo: 3 2 0 4, and 6 more shapes

B7 chord chart for 5-string banjo in C Tuning tuning: 3 2 0 4, open position, with the short 5th string marked
B7 (B seventh) on the 5-string banjo, C Tuning: 3 2 0 4, string 4 to string 1. Fingers are numbered on the dots; copper marks the root; the green ring on the left is the 5th string, solid when it’s in the chord.

Frets, string 4 to string 1: 3 2 0 4 (open position)

  1. String 4 (C): 3rd fret, middle finger, D♯
  2. String 3 (G): 2nd fret, index finger, A
  3. String 2 (B): open, B
  4. String 1 (D): 4th fret, ring finger, F♯
  5. String 5, the short g: open, G, not in the chord

Sounds: D♯ A B F♯  ·  B7 is B, D♯, F♯, A (1 · 3 · 5 · ♭7)

The 5th string: the short g rubs against the F♯ in this shape, a semitone away: some players let it ring, some skip it.

C Tuning tuning: gCGBD, the short 5th string first, then strings 4 to 1.

Hear it in the app ›

The link can’t set the tuning: the app starts in open G. Choose C Tuning once in its Settings and it remembers.

More B7 shapes

  1. 321gD♯ABD♯3 2 0 1
    open · no 5th
  2. 2134gD♯AD♯F♯3 2 4 4
    at the nut · no root
  3. 4fr3114gF♯BD♯A6 4 4 7
    4fr
  4. 7fr3214gAD♯F♯B9 8 7 9
    7fr
  5. 10fr2314gBF♯AD♯11 11 10 13
    10fr
  6. 12fr4312gD♯ABD♯15 14 12 13
    12fr · no 5th

Other B chords in C Tuning

BBmB7Bm7Bmaj7B6Bsus4Bsus2Bdim

Other seventh chords

G7A7D7C7B7E7F7B♭7E♭7F♯7C♯7A♭7

B7 in other tunings

Open GDouble CSawmillOpen D

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