The B Major chord is a common guitar chord. Despite its common use in Pop songs, there are no practical ways to play the B chord as an open chord. It is therefore played very commonly as a bar chord in the second fret.
Some Quick A Chord Theory
- The B Major chord contains the notes B, D# and F#.
- The B Major chord is produced by playing the 1st (root), 3rd and 5th notes of the B Major scale.
- The B Major chord (just like all Major chords) contains the following intervals (from the root note): Major 3rd, minor 3rd, Perfect 4th (back to the root note).
- The B Major first chord in the key of B. The key of B contains the following chords – B, C#m, D#m, E, F#, G#m, A# diminished.
10 Ways To Play The B Major Chord
If you’ve come to this page just to view some chord diagrams for B, here they are.
Further Reading
- B Major scale
- How Major chords work
- Chords page
- B Major arpeggio