Banjo B♭maj7 chord (Double C)B♭ major seventh on the 5-string banjo: 5 7 9 8, and 2 more shapes

Bbmaj7 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Double C tuning: 5 7 9 8, from the 5th fret, with the short 5th string marked
Bbmaj7 (Bb major seventh) on the 5-string banjo, Double C: 5 7 9 8, 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: 5 7 9 8 (from the 5th fret)

  1. String 4 (C): 5th fret, index finger, F
  2. String 3 (G): 7th fret, middle finger, D
  3. String 2 (C): 9th fret, little finger, A
  4. String 1 (D): 8th fret, ring finger, B♭
  5. String 5, the short g: open, G, not in the chord

Sounds: F D A B♭  ·  B♭maj7 is B♭, D, F, A (1 · 3 · 5 · 7)

The 5th string: the short g adds the 6th over B♭maj7, a colour rather than a clash.

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 B♭maj7 shapes

  1. 7fr3142gADAB♭9 7 9 8
    7fr · no 5th
  2. 9fr231gB♭FAD10 10 9 0
    9fr

Other B♭ chords in Double C

B♭B♭mB♭7B♭m7B♭maj7B♭6B♭sus4B♭sus2B♭dimB♭aug

Other major seventh chords

Gmaj7Amaj7Dmaj7Cmaj7Bmaj7Emaj7Fmaj7B♭maj7

B♭maj7 in other tunings

Open GSawmillOpen DC Tuning

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