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Guitar chord
B Chord
B is a major chord rooted on B. The bright, settled sound at the centre of Western music. A root, a major third and a perfect fifth — nothing pulling anywhere.
The notes
Every B chord anywhere on the neck is some arrangement of these 3 notes.
B1
D♯3
F♯5
How to play it
5 shapes, low on the neck to high. Tap any diagram to hear it. Green marks the root.