B chords

B chords for guitar in different categories including major, minor and dominant chords.

B major

B

B major is often commonly referred to only B. The notes in the chord are B, D#, F#. The bass and root note is placed on the 2nd string. . The presented fingering is a barre chord. All B Major chords

The notes and intervals in the chord

**B major degrees**
Root	M2	M3	P4	P5	M6	M7
B		D#		F#

Root – the first note in the chord and the same as the tonic in the major scale. M2 – Major 2nd interval, the second note in the major scale. M3 – Major 3rd interval, the third note in the major scale. P4 – Perfect 4th interval, the fourth note in the major scale. P5 – Perfect 5th interval, the fifth note in the major scale. M6 – Major 6th interval, the sixth note in the major scale. M7 – Major 7th interval, the seventh note in the major scale.

B minor

Bm

B minor is often abbreviated Bm. The notes in the chord are B, D, F#. The root note is placed on the 2nd string. The presented fingering is a barre chord. All Bm chords

The notes and intervals in the chord

**B minor degrees**
Root	M2	m3	P4	P5	m6	m7
B		D		F#

Root – the first note in the chord and the same as the tonic in the minor scale. M2 – Major 2nd interval, the second note in the minor scale. M3 – Minor 3rd interval, the third note in the minor scale. P4 – Perfect 4th interval, the fourth note in the minor scale. P5 – Perfect 5th interval, the fifth note in the minor scale. m6 – Minor 6th interval, the sixth note in the minor scale. M7 – Minor 7th interval, the seventh note in the minor scale.

B dominant 7th

B7

B dominant 7th is often abbreviated B7. The notes in the chord are B, D#, F#, A. The bass and root note is placed on the 5th string.
All B7 chords

The notes and intervals in the chord

**B major degrees**
Root	M2	M3	P4	P5	M6	b7
B		D#		F#		A

b7 – flattened 7th, the seventh note in the major scale lowered by a half-step.

B major 7th

Bmaj7

B major 7th is often abbreviated Bmaj7. The notes in the chord are B, D#, F#, A#. The bass note in the pictured chord is F# instead of B.
All Bmaj7 chords

The notes and intervals in the chord

**B major degrees**
Root	M2	M3	P4	P5	M6	M7
B		D#		F#		A#

B minor 7th

Bm7

B minor 7th is often abbreviated Bm7. The notes in the chord are B, D, F#, A. The bass and root note is placed on the 5th string.
All Bm7 chords

The notes and intervals in the chord

**B minor degrees**
Root	M2	m3	P4	P5	m6	m7
B		D		F#		A

B 6th

B6

B 6th is commonly written B6. The notes in the chord are B, D#, F#, G#. The bass note in the pictured chord is F# instead of B.

The notes and intervals in the chord

**B major degrees**
Root	M2	M3	P4	P5	M6	M7
B		D#		F#	G#

B minor 6th

Bm6

B minor 6th is often abbreviated Bm6. The notes in the chord are B, D, F#, G#. The bass and root note is placed on the 5th string.

The notes and intervals in the chord

**B minor/major degrees**
Root	M2	m3	P4	P5	M6	m7
B		D		F#	G#

B 9th

B9

B 9th is commonly written B9. The notes in the chord are B, D#, F#, A, C#. The root note is placed on the 5th string. The chord can also be played with only four strings fretted as X21222X.

The notes and intervals in the chord

**B major degrees**
Root	M2	M3	P4	P5	M6	b7	Oct	M9
B		D#		F#		A		C#

Oct – Octave, same note one ocatave higher. M9 – Major 9th interval, a duplication of the major second interval but above the octave.

B major 9th

Bmaj9

B major 9th is often abbreviated Bmaj9. The notes in the chord are B, D#, F#, A#, C#. The 5th is omitted in the pictured chord version.

The notes and intervals in the chord

**B major degrees**
Root	M2	M3	P4	P5	M6	M7	Oct	M9
B		D#		F#		A#		C#

B minor 9th

Bm9

B minor 9th is often abbreviated Bm9. The notes in the chord are B, D, F#, A, C#. The 5th is omitted in the pictured chord version.

The notes and intervals in the chord

**B minor degrees**
Root	M2	m3	P4	P5	m6	m7	Oct	M9
B		D		F#		A		C#

B 11th

B11

B 11th is commonly written B11. The notes in the chord are B, D#, F#, A, C#, E. The root note is placed on the 7th string. The third, the fifth and/or the ninth is often omitted

The notes and intervals in the chord

**B major degrees**
Root	M2	M3	P4	P5	M6	b7	Oct	M9	M10	P11
B		D#		F#		A		C#		E

M10 – Major 10th interval, a duplication of the major third interval but above the octave. P11 – Perfect 11th interval, a duplication of the perfect 4th interval but above the octave.

B minor 11th

Bm11

B minor 11th is often abbreviated Bm11. The notes in the chord are B, D, F#, A, C#, E. The 5th and 9th are omitted in the pictured chord version.

The notes and intervals in the chord

**B minor degrees**
Root	M2	m3	P4	P5	m6	m7	Oct	M9	m10	P11
B		D		F#		A		C#		E

B 13th

B13

B 13th is commonly written B13. The notes in the chord are B, D#, F#, A, C#, E, G#. The root note is placed on the 2nd string. The third, the fifth, the ninth and/or the eleventh is often omitted

The notes and intervals in the chord

**B major degrees**
Root	M2	M3	P4	P5	M6	b7	Oct	M9	M10	P11
B		D#		F#		A		C#		E

B minor 13th

Bm13

B minor 13th is often abbreviated Bm13. The notes in the chord are B, D, F#, A, C#, E, G#. The root note is placed on the 3rd string. The third, the fifth, the ninth and/or the eleventh is often omitted

The notes and intervals in the chord

**B minor degrees**
Root	M2	m3	P4	P5	m6	m7	Oct	M9	m10	P11
B		D		F#		A		C#		E

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The notes in relationship to numbers

Concerning B chords, the numbers used in names are based on the position in the B major and minor scales. Here you can see these relationship.

**B major scale degrees**
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
B	C#	D#	E	F#	G#	A#

By comparing with additional chord categories, the degrees would tell that both Bsus4 and B11 includes an E, but on different octaves.

**B minor scale degrees**
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
B	C#	D	E	F#	G	A

An anomaly is the Bm6, which actually has a major 6th interval, which not is part of the B minor scale.

The relationship among chords

All Bhords are constructed with a C root note. Further on, the major chords include a major third whereas the minor chords include a minor third as the second note in the chord. The third note is a so-called perfect fifth. Besides that, some chords are extended with sixths, sevenths, ninths and so on.

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