B chord on guitar
The B chord diagram on guitar, the notes it is built from, and the Alviena charts that use it.
The diagram
Songs to play with the B chord on guitar
- A Nos Actes Manqués — Jean-Jacques Goldman
- Angela — Saian Supa Crew
- Numb — Linkin Park
- Lucie — Pascal Obispo
- Pour Que Tu M'aimes Encore — Céline Dion
- I Want To Break Free — Queen
- Whenever, Wherever — Shakira
- Whats My Age Again — Blink-182
- 99 Luftballons — Nena
- Sous Le Vent — Céline Dion
- Big Boogaloo — Eric Legnini
- Sensualité — Axelle Red
Which chords go with B
Across the sheets in the catalogue, B most often appears alongside these chords. Learn them together and you can play a whole song.
The notes in B
B · F# · Eb
The chord is built from 3 distinct pitches. A shape may double them an octave apart: the same note then appears more than once without changing the chord.
The shape, string by string
Barre at fret 2 · 1 muted string
| String | Fret | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | 2 | B |
| 4 | 4 | F# |
| 3 | 4 | B |
| 2 | 4 | Eb |
| 1 | 2 | F# |