Banjo Dmaj7 chord (Open D)D major seventh on the 5-string banjo: 0 3 4 4, and 6 more shapes

Dmaj7 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Open D tuning: 0 3 4 4, open position, with the short 5th string marked
Dmaj7 (D major seventh) on the 5-string banjo, Open D: 0 3 4 4, 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 4 4 (open position)

  1. String 4 (D): open, D
  2. String 3 (F♯): 3rd fret, index finger, A
  3. String 2 (A): 4th fret, middle finger, C♯
  4. String 1 (D): 4th fret, ring finger, F♯
  5. String 5, the short f♯: open, F♯, in the chord

Sounds: D A C♯ F♯  ·  Dmaj7 is D, F♯, A, C♯ (1 · 3 · 5 · 7)

The 5th string: the short f♯ is the 3rd of Dmaj7, so let it ring.

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 Dmaj7 shapes

  1. 1f♯DF♯C♯D0 0 4 0
    open · no 5th
  2. 12f♯DAC♯D0 3 4 0
    open · 5th string completes it
  3. 4fr1324f♯F♯C♯DA4 7 5 7
    4fr
  4. 5fr314f♯DC♯DA0 7 5 7
    5fr · 5th string completes it
  5. 7fr12f♯DC♯AA0 7 0 7
    7fr · 5th string completes it
  6. 9fr3412f♯DF♯F♯C♯12 12 9 11
    9fr · no 5th

Other D chords in Open D

DDmD7Dm7Dmaj7D6Dsus4Dsus2DdimDaug

Other major seventh chords

Gmaj7Amaj7Dmaj7Cmaj7Bmaj7Emaj7Fmaj7B♭maj7

Dmaj7 in other tunings

Open GDouble CSawmillC Tuning

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