Major familyI in B major
B major chord
BB major
Piano root position
- Root
- 3
- 5
Guitar standard tuning
Barre · fret 2
Lay your index flat across strings 5 to 1 at fret 2.
Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little
Notation treble clef
Intervals
12 semitones- B1
- ♭2
- 2
- ♭3
- D♯3
- 4
- ♭5
- F♯5
- ♯5
- 6
- ♭7
- 7
- B Root
- D♯ Major 3rd
- F♯ Perfect 5th
About this chord
What is a B major chord?
B is built from 3 notes: B (the root), D♯ (the 3), F♯ (the 5). Bright, stable and resolved: the home chord of a major key.
- Notes
- B · D♯ · F♯
- Formula
- 1 · 3 · 5
- Also written
- Bmaj · BM · BΔ
- Found in
- I in B major · V in E major · III in G♯ minor · VII in C♯ minor
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