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How to Play the B Major Chord on Guitar

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B Major Chord Overview

Notes

B-D#-F#

Interval Build & Degrees

I-III-V (Root, Major Third, and Perfect Fifth)

Tab

X-2-4-4-4-2 (B-F#-B-D#-F#-B)

B Major Step by Step Instructions

Here is how you play B Major:

1. Barre index finger across all strings at 2nd fret.
2. Middle finger on 4th fret of D string.
3. Ring finger on 4th fret of G string.
4. Pinky on 4th fret of B string.
5. Strum the bottom five strings together.

Common B Major Voicings on Guitar

B Major Barre Chord (6th string root)

7-9-9-8-7-7


B Major using 5th string root

X-2-4-4-4-X


B Major using 4th string root

X-X-9-8-7-X


B Major First Inversion

X-X-X-8-7-7

B Major Second Inversion

X-X-X-11-12-11

Famous Songs That Use the B Major Chord

  • 'Let It Be' by The Beatles
  • 'Space Oddity' by David Bowie
  • 'Uptown Funk' by Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars
  • 'Eye of the Tiger' by Survivor
  • 'No Woman No Cry' by Bob Marley

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