# Bmaj7, the B major 7 guitar chord

Bmaj7 is open Amaj7 moved up two frets, the index barring five strings at the 2nd fret. Coming from the B barre, the G string drops a fret onto the middle finger, and the chord softens. It is rarer in songs than the others; you meet it in the keys of B and F♯.

Bmaj7

## How to play it

- Index finger flattened across the A string (5th) and high E string (1st), 2nd fret.
- Middle finger on the G string (3rd), 3rd fret.
- Ring finger on the D string (4th), 4th fret.
- Pinky on the B string (2nd), 4th fret.
- Don't strum the low E string (6th). It stays silent in this shape.

## Changes to practice

Holding Bmaj7 still is the easy part. Songs need you to _arrive_ at it in rhythm, so in Strumhold you practice Bmaj7 as changes, alongside the rest of the Barre Major 7ths set:

- [Bmaj7 ↔ Fmaj7](https://strumhold.com/chords/f-major-7/) B major 7 to F major 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/B.maj7.A~F.maj7.E)
- [Bmaj7 ↔ B♭maj7](https://strumhold.com/chords/b-flat-major-7/) B major 7 to B♭ major 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/A%23.maj7.A~B.maj7.A)
- [Bmaj7 ↔ C♯maj7](https://strumhold.com/chords/c-sharp-major-7/) B major 7 to C♯ major 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/B.maj7.A~C%23.maj7.A)
- [Bmaj7 ↔ E♭maj7](https://strumhold.com/chords/e-flat-major-7/) B major 7 to E♭ major 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/B.maj7.A~D%23.maj7.A)
- [Bmaj7 ↔ Emaj7](https://strumhold.com/chords/e-major-7/) B major 7 to E major 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/B.maj7.A~E.maj7.A)
- [Bmaj7 ↔ A♭maj7](https://strumhold.com/chords/a-flat-major-7/) B major 7 to A♭ major 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/B.maj7.A~G%23.maj7.E)
- [Bmaj7 ↔ F♯maj7](https://strumhold.com/chords/f-sharp-major-7/) B major 7 to F♯ major 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/B.maj7.A~F%23.maj7.E)

## Same root, different color

- [Bm](https://strumhold.com/chords/b-minor/), B minor
- [B](https://strumhold.com/chords/b-major/), B major
- [B7](https://strumhold.com/chords/b-7/), B dominant 7
- [Bm7](https://strumhold.com/chords/b-minor-7/), B minor 7

## Hear yourself get faster

Strumhold listens to your guitar through your device's mic, a headset, or a line-in from your audio interface. You drill a chord change to a metronome and it scores every single change. Free, no account, works offline.

[Drill Bmaj7 in the app](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/B.maj7.A~F.maj7.E)