Banjo Gmaj7 chord (Double C)G major seventh on the 5-string banjo: 2 4 2 4, and 4 more shapes

Gmaj7 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Double C tuning: 2 4 2 4, first position, with the short 5th string marked
Gmaj7 (G major seventh) on the 5-string banjo, Double C: 2 4 2 4, string 4 to string 1 (5th string completes it). 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 4 2 4 (first position) · 5th string completes it

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

Sounds: D B D F♯  ·  Gmaj7 is G, B, D, F♯ (1 · 3 · 5 · 7)

The 5th string: the short g is the root of Gmaj7, 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 Gmaj7 shapes

  1. 4fr314gF♯BF♯D6 4 6 0
    4fr · 5th string completes it
  2. 6fr2314gGDF♯B7 7 6 9
    6fr
  3. 9fr2341gBF♯BB11 11 11 9
    9fr · no 5th, 5th string completes it
  4. 11fr111gBF♯BD11 11 11 0
    11fr · 5th string completes it

Other G chords in Double C

GGmG7Gm7Gmaj7G6Gsus4Gsus2GdimGaug

Other major seventh chords

Gmaj7Amaj7Dmaj7Cmaj7Bmaj7Emaj7Fmaj7B♭maj7

Gmaj7 in other tunings

Open GSawmillOpen DC Tuning

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