Banjo Cmaj7 chord (Double C)C major seventh on the 5-string banjo: 0 4 4 2, and 6 more shapes

Cmaj7 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Double C tuning: 0 4 4 2, open position, with the short 5th string marked
Cmaj7 (C major seventh) on the 5-string banjo, Double C: 0 4 4 2, 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: 0 4 4 2 (open position)

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

Sounds: C B E E  ·  Cmaj7 is C, E, G, B (1 · 3 · 5 · 7)

The 5th string: the short g is the 5th of Cmaj7, so let it ring.

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 Cmaj7 shapes

  1. 31gCBCE0 4 0 2
    open
  2. 341gEBCE4 4 0 2
    open
  3. 112gCBEG0 4 4 5
    open
  4. 7fr314gCEGB0 9 7 9
    7fr
  5. 7fr1243gGEBC7 9 11 10
    7fr
  6. 9fr12gCECB0 9 0 9
    9fr

Other C chords in Double C

CCmC7Cm7Cmaj7C6Csus4Csus2CdimCaug

Other major seventh chords

Gmaj7Amaj7Dmaj7Cmaj7Bmaj7Emaj7Fmaj7B♭maj7

Cmaj7 in other tunings

Open GSawmillOpen DC Tuning

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