Mandolin B7 chordB seventh: 4 1 0 2, and 3 more shapes

B7 chord chart for mandolin in GDAE tuning: 4 1 0 2, open position
B7 (B seventh) on the mandolin, GDAE: 4 1 0 2, low course to high. Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

Frets, low course to high: 4 1 0 2 (open position)

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

Sounds: B D♯ A F♯  ·  B7 is B, D♯, F♯, A (1 · 3 · 5 · ♭7)

Open courses that ring: A is a note of B7, so it can drone under it.

Tuning GDAE: G D A E, low to high.

Hear it in the app ›

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

More B7 shapes

  1. 4fr1132BF♯D♯A4 4 6 5
    4fr
  2. 7fr2131D♯AF♯B8 7 9 7
    7fr · B7/D#
  3. 9fr213F♯BAD♯11 9 0 11
    9fr · B7/F#

Other B chords, Mandolin GDAE

BBmB7Bm7B5Bsus2Bsus4Bmaj7Badd9

Other seventh chords

D7G7A7E7B7C7F7B♭7E♭7F♯7D♭7A♭7

B7 in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADIrish bouzouki, GDAEIrish bouzouki, ADAD

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