Banjo Gmaj7 chord (C Tuning)G major seventh on the 5-string banjo: 2 0 0 4, and 6 more shapes

Gmaj7 chord chart for 5-string banjo in C Tuning tuning: 2 0 0 4, open position, with the short 5th string marked — Gmaj7 (G major seventh) on the 5-string banjo, C Tuning: 2 0 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: 2 0 0 4 (open position)

String 4 (C): 2nd fret, index finger, D
String 3 (G): open, G
String 2 (B): open, B
String 1 (D): 4th fret, ring finger, F♯
String 5, the short g: open, G, in the chord

Sounds: D G B F♯ · Gmaj7 is G, B, D, F♯ (1 · 3 · 5 · 7)

The 5th string: the short g is the root of Gmaj7, so let it ring.

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 Gmaj7 shapes

2 4 0 4
open · 5th string completes it
2 4 3 4
at the nut · 5th string completes it
6 7 0 5
5fr
7 7 7 9
7fr
11 11 0 9
9fr · no 5th, 5th string completes it
11 11 12 12
11fr · 5th string completes it

Other G chords in C Tuning

G Gm G7 Gm7Gmaj7G6 Gsus4 Gsus2 Gdim Gaug

Other major seventh chords

Gmaj7Amaj7 Dmaj7 Cmaj7 Bmaj7 Emaj7 Fmaj7 B♭maj7

Gmaj7 in other tunings

Open G Double C Sawmill Open D

All C Tuning banjo chords · Printable chart (PDF) · How to tune · The app