Guitar  Sitemap  Home  

Guitar playing
How to tune a guitar
Guitar chords
Guitar effects
Chorus effects
Delay effects
Famous guitar brands
Fender Telecasters
Fender Stratocasters
Tips for buying a guitar

Guitar chord database Guitar chord database

C - D - E - F - G - A - B
 

B Chords

B Major chord


The B major guitar chord's notes: 1(B) - 3(D#) - 5(F#)

B Major chord's recommended scales: major scale, lydian scale and the pentatonic major scale.

See the B major guitar chord in detail (2nd fret and 4th fret).

The B minor chord

The B minor guitar chord's notes: 1(B) - b3(D) - 5(F#)

B minor chord's recommended scales: Pentatonic Minor scale, Blues scale, Phrygian scale, Aeolian scale and the Dorian scale.

See the B minor guitar chord in detail (with midi audio sound samples).
More: the B minor guitar chord on fret 7 and fret 9.

The B 7th chord

The B 7th guitar chord's notes: 1(B) - 3(D#) - 5(F#) - b7(A).

B7 chord's recommended scale: Mixolydian scale.

See the B seventh guitar chord in detail with midi audio sound samples!
More: the B7 guitar chord on fret 2 and fret 7.

B diminished guitar chords

B diminished triad

The B diminished triad guitar chord's notes: 1(B) - b3(D) - b5(F). Recommended scale: B Whole Diminished scale.

The B diminished 7th chord

The B fully diminished 7th guitar chord's notes: 1(B) - b3(D) - b5(F) - bb7(G#)

Bdim7 chord's recommended scale: Whole Diminished scale.

See the Bdim7 guitar chord in detail! The Bdim7 on fret 3 and fret 6.

B Half diminished minor 7th chord

The B half diminished minor 7th chord's notes: 1(B) - b3(D) - b5(F) - b7(A). Recommended scales: Locrian scale and Half Diminished scale.

Examples: Bm7b5 guitar chord on fret 6 and fret 7.

Other B guitar chords

Bm7 chord, Bmaj7, Bmaj7b5, B2 (7.fret), B7sus4, Bsus2, Bsus4, B7sus4, B7sus4 fret 7, B6, Bm6, B9, Bm9, Badd9(no3), Bmaj9, Badd9 (7.fret), Badd9(no3), B6/9, B7+9, B7-9, Baug, B+5, B7+5, B-5, B7-5 (6.fret), B11 (9.fret) and B13 chord.

B chords



A Chords table
B Chords table
C Chords table
D Chords table
E Chords table
F Chords table
G Chords table

Guitar chord database


Chords in the key of B:
B Dbm Ebm E Gb Abm Bbdim

Chords in the key of Bb or A#:
Bb Cm Dm Eb F Gm Adim


aug=#5 (Augmented triad)
(no 3rd)=5 (Root and 5th - Power chord)
6/7sus4=6/7sus (Sus4 triad plus 6th, minor 7th)
dom7=7 (Major triad, minor 7th)
7/add11=7/11 (Minor triad, minor 7th, plus 11th)
2=add9 (Major triad, plus 9th)
sus=sus4 (No 3rd but a 4th from a major triad)
#7=maj7 (Major triad, major 7th)
sus2=add9(no 3rd) (No 3rd but a 2th from a major triad)
6/9=6/add9 (Major triad plus 6th and 9th)
9(#7)=maj9 (Major triad, major 9th plus 7th)
o7=m7(b5) (Diminished triad, minor 7th)
dom9=9 (Major triad, minor 7th plus 9th)