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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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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