The root 5 B Major barre chord is a classic shape. It’s one of the first barre chord shapes that guitarists learn. It’s played with the barre on the 2nd fret. The image below contains the musical notation, chord chart, tabs and scale degrees for the root 5 B barre chord.
How to play the root 5 B Major chord
- Barre the first five strings of the 2nd fret.
- Place your 2nd finger on the 4th fret of the 4th string.
- Place your 3rd finger on the 4th fret of the 3rd string.
- Place your 4th finger on the 4th fret of the 4th string.
- Strum from the 5th string down.
B Barre Chord (root 5) info
- This is one of the most common barre chord shapes.
- It contains the notes (from the 5th string down) B, F#, B, D# and F#.
- It is the root 5 barre chord, with the barring of the 2nd fret.
- It contains the 1 (root), 5, 1, 3 and 5 in the key of B.
- It is a Major chord.