How to Play Bmaj7 on Piano

The B Major 7th chord sounds warm and floating. It stacks 4 notes: B – D# – F# – A#.

A major triad with the seventh left unflattened, a semitone below the octave. That near-miss against the root is the source of its softness.

Notes in Bmaj7

NoteIntervalFinger
BB4Root1
D#D#5Major 3rd2
F#F#5Perfect 5th3
A#A#5Major 7th5

How to Play

Right Hand

Place your thumb (finger 1) on B. Use finger 2 on D#, finger 3 on F#, and finger 5 on A#.

Where it sits

3 notes of this chord (D#, F#, A#) are on black keys, so play it a little further back on the keys than an all-white shape.

Press all 4 keys at the same time. Keep your wrist relaxed and your fingers curved. The blue dots on the piano below show exactly which keys to press — they turn green when you play the right note.

Other Major 7th Chords

Cmaj7
C – E – G – B
Dbmaj7
Db – F – Ab – C
Dmaj7
D – F# – A – C#
Ebmaj7
Eb – G – Bb – D
Emaj7
E – G# – B – D#
Fmaj7
F – A – C – E
F#maj7
F# – A# – C# – E#
Gmaj7
G – B – D – F#
Abmaj7
Ab – C – Eb – G
Amaj7
A – C# – E – G#
Bbmaj7
Bb – D – F – A

Other B Chords

B6
B – D# – F# – G#
B7
B – D# – F# – A
B9
B – D# – F# – A – C#
B
B – D# – F#
Bm
B – D – F#
Bm7
B – D – F# – A
Bdim
B – D – F
Baug
B – D# – F##
Bsus2
B – C# – F#
Bsus4
B – E – F#
Bdim7
B – D – F – Ab
Bm6
B – D – F# – G#
Badd9
B – D# – F# – C#