Banjo B♭7 chord (Open D)B♭ seventh on the 5-string banjo: 0 2 1 3, and 6 more shapes

Bb7 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Open D tuning: 0 2 1 3, open position, with the short 5th string marked
Bb7 (Bb seventh) on the 5-string banjo, Open D: 0 2 1 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 1 3 (open position)

  1. String 4 (D): open, D
  2. String 3 (F♯): 2nd fret, middle finger, A♭
  3. String 2 (A): 1st fret, index finger, B♭
  4. String 1 (D): 3rd fret, ring finger, F
  5. String 5, the short f♯: open, F♯, not in the chord

Sounds: D A♭ B♭ F  ·  B♭7 is B♭, D, F, A♭ (1 · 3 · 5 · ♭7)

The 5th string: the short f♯ rubs against the F in this shape, a semitone away: some players let it ring, some skip it.

Open D tuning: f♯DF♯AD, 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 Open D once in its Settings and it remembers.

More B♭7 shapes

  1. 321f♯FA♭B♭D3 2 1 0
    open
  2. 21f♯DA♭B♭D0 2 1 0
    open · no 5th
  3. 3fr1234f♯FB♭DA♭3 4 5 6
    3fr
  4. 6fr2341f♯B♭DFA♭8 8 8 6
    6fr
  5. 8fr134f♯B♭FA♭D8 11 11 0
    8fr
  6. 12fr1324f♯DA♭B♭F12 14 13 15
    12fr

Other B♭ chords in Open D

B♭B♭mB♭7B♭m7B♭maj7B♭6B♭sus4B♭sus2B♭dimB♭aug

Other seventh chords

G7A7D7C7B7E7F7B♭7E♭7F♯7C♯7A♭7

B♭7 in other tunings

Open GDouble CSawmillC Tuning

All Open D banjo chords · Printable chart (PDF) · How to tune · The app