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

B7 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Double C tuning: 3 2 3 4, first position, with the short 5th string marked
B7 (B seventh) on the 5-string banjo, Double C: 3 2 3 4, string 4 to string 1 (no root). 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 3 4 (first position) · no root

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

Sounds: D♯ A D♯ 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.

Double C tuning: gCGCD, 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 Double C once in its Settings and it remembers.

More B7 shapes

  1. 4fr2134gF♯BF♯A6 4 6 7
    4fr · no 3rd
  2. 6fr1234gF♯D♯AB6 8 9 9
    6fr
  3. 8fr2134gAD♯AB9 8 9 9
    8fr · no 5th
  4. 11fr1413gBABD♯11 14 11 13
    11fr · no 5th

Other B chords in Double C

BBmB7Bm7Bmaj7B6Bsus4Bsus2Bdim

Other seventh chords

G7A7D7C7B7E7F7B♭7E♭7F♯7C♯7A♭7

B7 in other tunings

Open GSawmillOpen DC Tuning

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