Bmaj7 ukulele chord
Lush, warm, and jazzy. The natural 7th sits a semitone below the octave, giving a soft, unresolved shimmer.
B major 7th · standard GCEA tuning · 2 shapes
How to Play Bmaj7 on Ukulele
The easiest shape is 3322: G string 3rd fret · C string 3rd fret · E string 2nd fret · A string 2nd fret.
Barre at fret 2
3 3 2 2
Up the neck, fret 7
8 10 7 9
Strings left to right are G, C, E and A, as the ukulele faces you. Numbers are frets; 0 means play the string open. Every shape is worked out from the notes the chord must contain and checked against them before it is published.
Notes in Bmaj7
A ukulele has four strings, so a 4-note chord uses every string for a different note — there is nothing left to double. Because the G string is tuned high (reentrant tuning), the lowest note you hear is usually on the C or E string, not the G.
Songs and Keys That Use Bmaj7
Bmaj7 belongs to 2 major keys: F♯ major (as the IV chord) and B major (as the I chord).
- I – IV – V — the backbone of blues and early rock
- vi – IV – I – V — the pop-punk staple
- I – V – vi – IV — the most common progression in pop
Bmaj7 on Other Instruments
- Guitar: see the Bmaj7 guitar chord — six strings, so the shapes are different, but the notes are the same.
- Baritone ukulele (DGBE): 1302. A baritone is tuned like the top four strings of a guitar, so guitar shapes carry over and standard-ukulele shapes do not. Tune one with the baritone ukulele tuner.
Related Ukulele Chords
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A right shape on an out-of-tune ukulele still sounds wrong. Check G, C, E and A in a few seconds.
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