Banjo Dmaj7 chord (Double C)D major seventh on the 5-string banjo: 2 2 1 4, and 3 more shapes

Dmaj7 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Double C tuning: 2 2 1 4, first position, with the short 5th string marked
Dmaj7 (D major seventh) on the 5-string banjo, Double C: 2 2 1 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 2 1 4 (first position)

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

Sounds: D A C♯ F♯  ·  Dmaj7 is D, F♯, A, C♯ (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.

With a capo: on the 2nd fret it’s 0 4 4 2 (frets counted from the capo), an open Cmaj7 shape. Spike the 5th string at the 7th fret to keep it in tune with the capo.

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 Dmaj7 shapes

  1. 6fr111gF♯C♯F♯D6 6 6 0
    6fr · no 5th
  2. 9fr1243gAF♯C♯D9 11 13 12
    9fr
  3. 11fr3142gC♯F♯C♯D13 11 13 12
    11fr · no 5th

Other D chords in Double C

DDmD7Dm7Dmaj7D6Dsus4Dsus2DdimDaug

Other major seventh chords

Gmaj7Amaj7Dmaj7Cmaj7Bmaj7Emaj7Fmaj7B♭maj7

Dmaj7 in other tunings

Open GSawmillOpen DC Tuning

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