Guitar Chord Lesson – Learn to Play BMaj7

The B Major 7 Guitar Chord (also known as B Major Seventh, BMaj7 or B Major 7th), like the other Major Seventh Chords, is a beautiful dreamy sounding guitar chord, but it is slightly more challenging to play than the other major seventh chords. It may take a bit of extra practice to get your fingers used to this chord position.

The B Major 7th Chord is found by locating the 1(root note), 3 , 5 and 7 positions B ,D#, F# and A#) of the B Major Scale: B C# D# E F# G# A#. The chord diagram chart below demonstrates how to play the BMaj7 Chord.

As with most guitar chords, there are several different ways to play this chord.   The chart included below is played a little further down the neck of the guitar starting at the 4th fret. This may be a bit outside of your comfort zone if you are used to playing all of the basic chords down at the first couple of frets.  This is a better sounding version of the B Major Seventh chord in my opinion.

Here is a key that will help you read the chart:

Chord Playing Tips: Be sure that you are pressing down on the strings hard enough. You should play each string one at a time to make sure you have a nice clean sound. If any of the strings buzz or sound muted, then something is not right. As I said in the beginning of this post, this chord is a bit more challenging than the other Major Seventh Chords. It is going to feel a bit awkward at first, but hang in there and keep practicing!

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Hotel California by the Eagles is undoubtedly one of the greatest classic rock songs of all time and one of the Eagles most popular songs.  Hotel California is the title song from the album of the same name and was released as a single in 1977.  When people think of the Eagles, the first song to come to mind will probably be this one.

This song has a number of accolades attributed to it:

• Hotel California was on the Bilboard Hot 100 list for one week in 1977.
• It was certified Platinum in 2009
• The eagles won a grammy for best record of the year with thier release of Hotel California back in 1977
• It’s number 49 on Rolling Stones Greatest Songs of All Time List.

With all that being said, it is no wonder why so many guitarists find this song irresistible.  This song is definitely an advanced guitar song and probably a song beginners will find challenging.

These video lessons below represent only one way of playing this song. It is definitely the easiest way in my opinion as it uses a capo and thereby avoids the complicated barre chords, so it may be within reach of  beginner guitarists after all.  Who knows, you decide!

These lessons include everything from the intro to the guitar solos  If you scroll down past the video, you will also find links to chords and lyrics.  Enjoy!

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Hotel California Chords (with lyrics) Version 1

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Advanced Acoustic Guitar Song – You’ve Got a Friend by James Taylor

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Advanced Guitar Lesson – B Major Barre Chord

The B Major Guitar Chord is found in the B Major Scale: B C# D# E F# G# A# B. It is made up of the 1(root note), 3 and 5 of this scale. Meaning the notes B, D# and F#. Now to add more depth to the sound of the chord you add  two more F#’s and another B. The F# note is at the root of the chord meaning the top of the chord shown in the diagram below.

B Major Chord notes: F# B  F#  B  D#  F#

Here is a key that will help you read the chart:

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Acoustic Guitar Fingerpicking Patterns – Free Video Lessons

Learn Acoustic Guitar Fingerpicking

Fingerpicking, also known as Finger Style Guitar, is a style of guitar playing where you play the strings directly with your finger tips, finger nails, or pics attached to your fingers.  This is different than the Flatpicking style of guitar where you use a flatpick held in your strumming hand to play the strings.

Fingerpicking takes some getting used to, but with careful dedicated practice, you will learn how to master this enjoyable style of playing guitar.

Enjoy the set of free video lessons below on acoustic guitar fingerpicking patterns created by instructor Rob Schumann.

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Common Fingerpicking Patterns Part 5

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