Five String Banjo · Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3

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

Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3, 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 — 7th position (8 8 7 x 10) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3
B Major 7th guitar chord — 7th position (8 8 7 10 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3
B Major 7th guitar chord — 7th position (8 8 7 10 10) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3
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 — 7th position (8 8 7 x 10) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3
B Major 7th guitar tab — 7th position (8 8 7 10 x) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3
B Major 7th guitar tab — 7th position (8 8 7 10 10) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 3
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
Explore

More ways to play B Major 7th

Browse the rest of the B chords in this tuning, or open BM7 in the app for every voicing.

BM7 in other tunings:

Open GC / Drop CDouble CSawmill / Mountain ModalOpen D

See & hear BM7 in Chordology

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