Banjo Fmaj7 chord (Double C)F major seventh on the 5-string banjo: 0 2 4 3, and 3 more shapes

Fmaj7 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Double C tuning: 0 2 4 3, open position, with the short 5th string marked
Fmaj7 (F major seventh) on the 5-string banjo, Double C: 0 2 4 3, 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 2 4 3 (open position)

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

Sounds: C A E F  ·  Fmaj7 is F, A, C, E (1 · 3 · 5 · 7)

The 5th string: the short g adds the 9th over Fmaj7, 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 Fmaj7 shapes

  1. 312gEACF4 2 0 3
    open
  2. 3142gEAEF4 2 4 3
    at the nut · no 5th
  3. 4fr2314gFCEA5 5 4 7
    4fr

Other F chords in Double C

FFmF7Fm7Fmaj7F6Fsus4Fsus2FdimFaug

Other major seventh chords

Gmaj7Amaj7Dmaj7Cmaj7Bmaj7Emaj7Fmaj7B♭maj7

Fmaj7 in other tunings

Open GSawmillOpen DC Tuning

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