Bmaj7

B1D♯3F♯5A♯7

Major triad with a major seventh: a half step below the root, an octave up.

on ukulele on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

x21302

moderate

Fig. 3

x2130x

open · no 5

Fig. 4

x2434x

hard

Fig. 5

798877

hard · barre

Fig. 6

x24342

hard · barre

What is true of it

Bmaj7 is B, D♯, F♯ and A♯ — 1, 3, 5 and 7 counted from B.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 4, the 5 goes first, in that order.

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is x21302: 4 fingers, held at the 1st fret.

1 of them use open strings, which is what makes a shape quiet to change to.

2 of the 5 need a barre.

1 string stays silent.

Where its notes are on the neck

Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

The brass dots are B, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.

With a different note underneath

first inversion

Bmaj7/D♯

xx1302

second inversion

Bmaj7/F♯

21130x

third inversion

Bmaj7/A♯

x11302

An inversion is the same chord with a different note lowest. The name changes to a slash name because the bass is what a listener hears as the foundation.

B in other shapes

B7dominant seventh Bm7minor seventh Bm(maj7)minor major seventh Bmajor Bmminor Bdimdiminished

Cmaj7 C♯maj7 D♭maj7 Dmaj7 D♯maj7 E♭maj7 Emaj7 Fmaj7 all 374