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Fig. 1 · Bmaj7 · moderate

ukulele chord

Bmaj7

B1D♯3F♯5A♯7

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

on guitaron pianothe scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

4321

moderate

4
Fig. 3

4666

moderate

3
Fig. 4

4366

hard · no 5

3
Fig. 5

436x

easy · no 5

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 4 fingerings below is 4321: 4 fingers, held at the 1st fret.

None of them uses an open string, so this chord moves up the neck unchanged — the same shape 1 fret higher is the chord a semitone above.

Where its notes are on the neck

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Fig. 6 — 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

7
first inversion

Bmaj7/D♯

8a79

2
third inversion

Bmaj7/A♯

3322

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 seventhBm7minor seventhBm(maj7)minor major seventhBmajorBmminorBdimdiminished

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