Banjo Bmaj7 chord (Double C)B major seventh on the 5-string banjo: 6 8 10 9, and 2 more shapes

Bmaj7 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Double C tuning: 6 8 10 9, from the 6th fret, with the short 5th string marked
Bmaj7 (B major seventh) on the 5-string banjo, Double C: 6 8 10 9, 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: 6 8 10 9 (from the 6th fret)

  1. String 4 (C): 6th fret, index finger, F♯
  2. String 3 (G): 8th fret, middle finger, D♯
  3. String 2 (C): 10th fret, little finger, A♯
  4. String 1 (D): 9th fret, ring finger, B
  5. String 5, the short g: open, G, not in the chord

Sounds: F♯ D♯ A♯ B  ·  Bmaj7 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 Bmaj7 shapes

  1. 8fr3142gA♯D♯A♯B10 8 10 9
    8fr · no 5th
  2. 10fr2314gBF♯A♯D♯11 11 10 13
    10fr

Other B chords in Double C

BBmB7Bm7Bmaj7B6Bsus4Bsus2Bdim

Other major seventh chords

Gmaj7Amaj7Dmaj7Cmaj7Bmaj7Emaj7Fmaj7B♭maj7

Bmaj7 in other tunings

Open GSawmillOpen DC Tuning

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