Banjo Gmaj7 chord (Open D)G major seventh on the 5-string banjo: 0 1 2 0, and 6 more shapes

Gmaj7 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Open D tuning: 0 1 2 0, open position, with the short 5th string marked
Gmaj7 (G major seventh) on the 5-string banjo, Open D: 0 1 2 0, 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: 0 1 2 0 (open position) · 5th string completes it

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

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

The 5th string: the short f♯ is the major 7th of Gmaj7, 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 Gmaj7 shapes

  1. 124f♯DGBF♯0 1 2 4
    open
  2. 412f♯F♯GBD4 1 2 0
    open
  3. 41f♯GF♯BD5 0 2 0
    open
  4. 4fr2341f♯GBDF♯5 5 5 4
    4fr
  5. 9fr21f♯DF♯GB0 0 10 9
    9fr
  6. 12fr231f♯DGBD0 13 14 12
    12fr · 5th string completes it

Other G chords in Open D

GGmG7Gm7Gmaj7G6Gsus4Gsus2GdimGaug

Other major seventh chords

Gmaj7Amaj7Dmaj7Cmaj7Bmaj7Emaj7Fmaj7B♭maj7

Gmaj7 in other tunings

Open GDouble CSawmillC Tuning

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