Bm(maj7)

B1D♭3F♯5A♯7

Minor triad, major seventh — the tonic chord of harmonic minor.

on ukulele on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

x20302

open

Fig. 3

x2030x

open · no 5

Fig. 4

x20332

moderate

Fig. 5

750406

moderate · no 5

Fig. 6

x2033x

open · no 5

What is true of it

Bm(maj7) is B, D, F♯ and A♯ — 1, b3, 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 x20302: 3 fingers, held at the 2nd fret.

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

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

Bm(maj7)/D

xx0302

second inversion

Bm(maj7)/F♯

220302

third inversion

Bm(maj7)/A♯

x10302

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 Bmaj7major seventh Bm7minor seventh Bmajor Bmminor Bdimdiminished

Cm(maj7)C♯m(maj7)D♭m(maj7)Dm(maj7)D♯m(maj7)E♭m(maj7)Em(maj7)Fm(maj7)all 374