Banjo Bmaj7 chord (Open D)B major seventh on the 5-string banjo: 1 4 2 1, and 3 more shapes

Bmaj7 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Open D tuning: 1 4 2 1, first position, with the short 5th string marked — Bmaj7 (B major seventh) on the 5-string banjo, Open D: 1 4 2 1, 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: 1 4 2 1 (first position)

String 4 (D): 1st fret, index finger (barre), D♯
String 3 (F♯): 4th fret, little finger, A♯
String 2 (A): 2nd fret, middle finger, B
String 1 (D): 1st fret, index finger (barre), D♯
String 5, the short f♯: open, F♯, in the chord

Sounds: D♯ A♯ B D♯ · Bmaj7 is B, D♯, F♯, A♯ (1 · 3 · 5 · 7)

The 5th string: the short f♯ is the 5th of Bmaj7, so let it ring.

With a capo: on the 4th fret it’s 0 1 2 0 (frets counted from the capo), an open Gmaj7 shape. Spike the 5th string at the 9th fret to keep it in tune with the capo.

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 Bmaj7 shapes

1 4 2 4
at the nut
9 9 6 8
6fr
9 9 9 8
8fr

Other B chords in Open D

B Bm B7 Bm7Bmaj7B6 Bsus4 Bsus2 Bdim

Other major seventh chords

Gmaj7 Amaj7 Dmaj7 Cmaj7Bmaj7Emaj7 Fmaj7 B♭maj7

Bmaj7 in other tunings

Open G Double C Sawmill C Tuning

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