Bmaj7 — bouzouki chord
Major 7th · 8 fingerings for trichordo (D–A–D)
Notes and intervals
Bmaj7 (B major 7th) is built from B D♯ F♯ A♯: intervals 1 3 5 7.
Fingerings on D-A-D
Frets, low D · A · high D
- Root position: 9-9-8 (B F♯ A♯)
- Root position: 9-6-8 (B D♯ A♯)
- 1st inversion: 1-1-4 (D♯ A♯ F♯)
- 1st inversion: 1-2-4 (D♯ B F♯)
- 2nd inversion: 4-1-1 (F♯ A♯ D♯)
- 2nd inversion: 4-2-1 (F♯ B D♯)
- 3rd inversion: 8-9-9 (A♯ F♯ B)
- 3rd inversion: 8-6-9 (A♯ D♯ B)
Neither open course (D or A) is a chord tone, so every shape is fully fretted.
In the dromoi
None of the dromoi on this site lists Bmaj7 among its chords, so it is shown here as a shape reference.
Trichordo (D-A-D) and tetrachordo (C-F-A-D)
These shapes are for the three-course trichordo. A tetrachordo’s A and D courses are tuned the same, so the top two notes stay put and the low-D bass note moves two frets up the C course. The first shape, 9-9-8 on trichordo, becomes C 11, A 9, D 8 on tetrachordo, with the F course left out.