Banjo Bmaj7 chord (Open G)B major seventh on the 5-string banjo: 1 3 0 4, and 5 more shapes

Bmaj7 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Open G tuning: 1 3 0 4, open position, with the short 5th string marked
Bmaj7 (B major seventh) on the 5-string banjo, Open G: 1 3 0 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: 1 3 0 4 (open position)

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

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

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

Open G tuning: gDGBD, the short 5th string first, then strings 4 to 1.

Hear it in the app ›

The app starts in open G, so it opens on these shapes.

More Bmaj7 shapes

  1. 132gD♯A♯BD♯1 3 0 1
    open · no 5th
  2. 431gF♯A♯BD♯4 3 0 1
    open
  3. 7fr4213gBD♯F♯A♯9 8 7 8
    7fr
  4. 9fr1234gBF♯A♯D♯9 11 11 13
    9fr
  5. 12fr2413gD♯A♯BD♯13 15 12 13
    12fr · no 5th

Other B chords in Open G

BBmB7Bm7Bmaj7B6Bsus4Bsus2Bdim

Other major seventh chords

Gmaj7Amaj7Dmaj7Cmaj7Bmaj7Emaj7Fmaj7B♭maj7

Bmaj7 in other tunings

Double CSawmillOpen DC Tuning

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