Guitar chord · Minor Major 7th
Bm(maj7) chord (B Minor Major 7th)
Haunting minor chord with a natural 7th — the film noir sound, native to harmonic & melodic minor.
Notes BDF#A#
Formula 1 ♭3 5 7
Shapes 1 on this page
Bm(maj7) chord shapes
Tap a diagram to strum it. Numbers are fingers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky. Blue dots are the root, B.
STR OP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 E A D G B E
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Scales to play over Bm(maj7)
These scales start on B and contain every note of the chord, so they fit when Bm(maj7) is the chord of the moment.
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Questions
- What notes are in a Bm(maj7) chord?
- Bm(maj7) is B, D, F#, A#: the 1, ♭3, 5, 7 of B.
- How do you play Bm(maj7) on guitar?
- 5th String Root m(maj7): x 2 4 3 3 2 (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).
- What scale goes with Bm(maj7)?
- Scales on B that contain every note of Bm(maj7): B Harmonic Minor, B Melodic Minor, B Hungarian Minor, B Lydian #2, B Lydian b3, B Neapolitan Minor.
Minor Major 7th chords in every key
Cm(maj7) C#m(maj7) Dm(maj7) Ebm(maj7) Em(maj7) Fm(maj7) F#m(maj7) Gm(maj7) Abm(maj7) Am(maj7) Bbm(maj7) Bm(maj7)
More B chords
B Bm Bdim B5 B7 Bmaj7 Bm7 Bmaj9 B9 Bm9 Bm11 B6 Bm6 Badd9 Bsus4 Bsus2 B7sus4 B7#9 Baug Bmaj7#5 Bdim7 Bm7b5 B7b9 B13 B6/9 B11 B9sus4 Bmadd9 Badd11 Bm6/9 B7#5 B7b5 B7#11 Bmaj13 Bm13 Bmaj11 B9#11 Bmaj9#11 Bmaj7#11 Bm9b5 B7sus4b9 Bm(maj9) B9#5 B9b5 B7b5b9 B7#5b9 B7#5#9 B7b5#9 B7b13 B13b9 B13#11 Bm7#5 Bmaj7b5 Bdim(maj7) Bmadd11