Banjo B♭maj7 chord (Open D)B♭ major seventh on the 5-string banjo: 0 3 1 3, and 6 more shapes

Bbmaj7 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Open D tuning: 0 3 1 3, open position, with the short 5th string marked
Bbmaj7 (Bb major seventh) on the 5-string banjo, Open D: 0 3 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 3 1 3 (open position)

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

Sounds: D A B♭ F  ·  B♭maj7 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♭maj7 shapes

  1. 21f♯DB♭AF0 4 0 3
    open
  2. 12f♯FB♭AD3 4 0 0
    open
  3. 1f♯DB♭AD0 4 0 0
    open · no 5th
  4. 5fr3412f♯B♭DDA8 8 5 7
    5fr · no 5th
  5. 7fr2341f♯B♭DFA8 8 8 7
    7fr
  6. 12fr1324f♯DAB♭F12 15 13 15
    12fr

Other B♭ chords in Open D

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

Other major seventh chords

Gmaj7Amaj7Dmaj7Cmaj7Bmaj7Emaj7Fmaj7B♭maj7

B♭maj7 in other tunings

Open GDouble CSawmillC Tuning

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