Bmaj7 piano chord — the keys, the inversions, the theory
Bmaj7 is a major seventh chord built from B, D#, F#, A#. Below: the keys to press, every inversion with its own diagram, the intervals it is made of, the keys whose scale contains it, and a progression that actually uses it. Press any diagram to hear it.
Bmaj7
B · D# · F# · A#
Semitones above the root: 0 – 4 – 7 – 11
A major third at the bottom is what makes this bright and settled.
Inversions of Bmaj7
Root position
B · D# · F# · A# · bass B
Inversion 1
D# · F# · A# · B · bass D#
Inversion 2
F# · A# · B · D# · bass F#
Inversion 3
A# · B · D# · F# · bass A#
Same chord, different note at the bottom. Press a diagram to hear it — inversions are how you move between chords without jumping your hand across the keyboard.
Keys that contain Bmaj7
- BI
- F#IV
In B it does this job: I – V – vi – IV
- Bmaj7
- F#
- G#m
- E