Five String Banjo · Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

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

Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1, 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 — 4th position (x 4 0 0 4) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

B Major 7th guitar chord — 4th position (x 4 5 7 4) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

B Major 7th guitar chord — 7th position (8 8 8 7 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

B Major 7th guitar chord — 7th position (8 8 8 7 8) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

B Major 7th guitar chord — 7th position (8 8 8 7 9) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

B Major 7th guitar chord — 8th position (8 8 8 x 8) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

B Major 7th guitar chord — 8th position (8 8 8 8 8) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

B Major 7th guitar chord — 16th position (x 16 17 19 16) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

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 — 4th position (x 4 0 0 4) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

B Major 7th guitar tab — 4th position (x 4 5 7 4) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

B Major 7th guitar tab — 7th position (8 8 8 7 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

B Major 7th guitar tab — 7th position (8 8 8 7 8) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

B Major 7th guitar tab — 7th position (8 8 8 7 9) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

B Major 7th guitar tab — 8th position (8 8 8 x 8) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

B Major 7th guitar tab — 8th position (8 8 8 8 8) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

B Major 7th guitar tab — 16th position (x 16 17 19 16) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 1

Sound

How BM7 sounds

Consonance

4/ 5

Brightness

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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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