Irish bouzouki Bmaj7 chord (GDAE)B major seventh: 3 1 2 2, and 2 more shapes

Bmaj7 chord chart for Irish bouzouki in GDAE tuning: 3 1 2 2, open position
Bmaj7 (B major seventh) on the Irish bouzouki, GDAE: 3 1 2 2, low course to high (Bmaj7/A#). Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

Frets, low course to high: 3 1 2 2 (open position) · Bmaj7/A#

  1. G course: 3rd fret, little finger, A♯
  2. D course: 1st fret, index finger, D♯
  3. A course: 2nd fret, middle finger, B
  4. E course: 2nd fret, ring finger, F♯

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

Tuning GDAE: G D A E, low to high. The octave mandolin uses the same tuning, so these shapes fit it too.

Hear it in the app ›

The link can’t set the tuning: the app starts on the Irish bouzouki in GDAD. Choose GDAE once in its Settings and it remembers.

More Bmaj7 shapes

  1. 4fr1123BF♯D♯A♯4 4 6 6
    4fr
  2. 7fr2341D♯A♯F♯B8 8 9 7
    7fr · Bmaj7/D#

Other B chords, Irish bouzouki GDAE

BBmB7Bm7B5Bsus2Bsus4Bmaj7Badd9

Other major seventh chords

Dmaj7Gmaj7Amaj7Emaj7Bmaj7Cmaj7Fmaj7F♯maj7

Bmaj7 in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADIrish bouzouki, ADADMandolin, GDAE

All Irish bouzouki GDAE chords · Printable chart (PDF) · Tuning · The app