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Steel-string acoustic guitar, seen from above
CHORD GUIDE

Bmaj7 chord on guitar (B major seventh)

The Bmaj7 chord is the notes B, D#, F# and A#. The usual shape is a barre at the 2nd fret: x 2 4 3 4 2, from the low E string to the high E. The guitar above is set up with Bmaj7 on the R key, labelled Cbmaj7 (the same chord): tap it or press R to hear it, then strum the strings.

Play it on the guitarSee the fingering
The Acoustic guitar in Guitoro
Press R or tap its pad to hear it
Notes
B D# F# A#
Frets
x 2 4 3 4 2
Shape
Barre, 2nd fret
Type
major seventh

How to play Bmaj7

Numbers are fingers: 1 index to 4 little

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Bmaj7
  1. Lay your index finger flat across the A to the high E string at the 2nd fret.
  2. Your ring finger on the D string at the 4th fret.
  3. Your middle finger on the G string at the 3rd fret.
  4. Your little finger on the B string at the 4th fret.
  5. Don't play the low E string: start your strum on the A string.

Bmaj7 up the neck

The same chord, higher and brighter

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Bmaj7 (up the neck)

Play it as 7 x 8 8 7 x, a closed shape. Switch the guitar's chord level from Standard to Up to hear it.

  1. Your index finger on the low E string at the 7th fret.
  2. Your ring finger on the D string at the 8th fret.
  3. Your little finger on the G string at the 8th fret.
  4. Your middle finger on the B string at the 7th fret.
  5. Don't play the A and high E strings: start your strum on the low E string.

Chords that go with Bmaj7

These share a key with Bmaj7, so they sound right together, and they're on the pads next to it:

All the chords: guitar chord chart. Songs to practice them: easy guitar songs. Tune up first with the online guitar tuner.