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Bmaj7 Chord on Guitar: 3 Easy Ways to Play B Major Seventh (Charts)

Bmaj7 chord charts with finger numbers, an easier version, the notes and intervals, and the keys and progressions that use it. Also searched as bmaj7 chord, bmaj7 guitar chord and how to play Bmaj7.

By David Sandy, guitar player and founder of Sandy Music Lab. Every chord shape on this page is checked note by note against the chord's formula.

Bmaj7 chord diagram, Open positionBmaj7 Open position: low E muted, A fret 2, D fret 1, G fret 3, B open, high e fret 2.×2143x 2 1 3 0 2
Open position
x 2 1 3 0 2
Bmaj7 chord diagram, Barre (2nd fret, A-string root)Bmaj7 Barre (2nd fret, A-string root): low E muted, A fret 2, D fret 4, G fret 3, B fret 4, high e fret 2.×1324x 2 4 3 4 2
Barre (2nd fret, A-string root)
x 2 4 3 4 2
Bmaj7 chord diagram, Easy 3-string versionBmaj7 Easy 3-string version: low E muted, A muted, D muted, G fret 4, B fret 4, high e fret 6.4fr×××123x x x 4 4 6
Easy 3-string version
x x x 4 4 6

Numbers are fingers (1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky, T thumb). × = don't play that string, ○ = play it open. A long bar is a barre: one finger flat across those strings. Strings run low E (left) to high e (right).

Chord chart by Sandy Music Lab

Quick answer: To play Bmaj7 (B major seventh) on guitar, play x 2 1 3 0 2 from the low E string to the high e string (the open position shape). The chord contains B, D#, F#, A#. If that is hard, use the easier shape x x x 4 4 6, which needs 3 fretted notes.

Bmaj7 chord facts

Chord Bmaj7 (B major seventh)
Other names BM7, BΔ7
Notes B, D#, F#, A#
Intervals B (root), D# (major 3rd), F# (perfect 5th), A# (major 7th)
Formula 1-3-5-7
Difficulty Beginner (easy version) to intermediate (full shape)
Shapes on this page 3

How do you play Bmaj7 on guitar?

The main shape is x 2 1 3 0 2 (Open position). Finger by finger:

  1. Put your index finger (1) on the D string at fret 1 (D#, the major 3rd).
  2. Put your middle finger (2) on the A string at fret 2 (B, the root).