Five String Banjo · C / Drop C (gCGBD)

BM7B Major 7th

A♯Root

Dtone

Ftone

Atone

Formula 7 · ♭3 · ♭5 · ♭7 · Notes A♯ · D · F · A

How to play it

BM7 fingering positions

C / Drop C (gCGBD), low E on the left. Each dot is colour-coded by note — the ringed dot is the root. Numbers below show the fret per string (x = muted).

B Major 7th guitar chord — 11th position (11 11 11 x 13) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B Major 7th guitar chord — 11th position (11 11 11 13 x) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B Major 7th guitar chord — 11th position (11 11 11 13 13) fretboard diagram in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Read it as tab

BM7 guitar tab

The same voicings in tablature — high e on top, low E on the bottom. Each fret number is colour-coded by note; the ringed number is the root, × means don’t play that string.

B Major 7th guitar tab — 11th position (11 11 11 x 13) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B Major 7th guitar tab — 11th position (11 11 11 13 x) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

B Major 7th guitar tab — 11th position (11 11 11 13 13) in C / Drop C (gCGBD)

Sound

How BM7 sounds

Consonance

4/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

dreamywarmromantic

Genres

jazzbossa novar&b

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F · A

Formula (scale degrees)7 · ♭3 · ♭5 · ♭7

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