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B/C Guitar Chord

The fundamental chord with a bright, happy and stable sound. Forms the basis of most popular, rock, folk and classical music. Consists of three notes: the root, major third and perfect fifth. This is a slash chord — the bass note is C instead of the root.

Guitar

Strings X–3–1–4–0–2

How to play the B/C chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–3–1–4–0–2 from the low E string to the high E string. Numbers in the pattern are frets; numbers in the colored dots are left-hand fingers. X means a muted string and 0 means an open string.

6th string (low E) Muted
5th string (A) Fret 3 · ring finger
4th string (D) Fret 1 · index finger
3rd string (G) Fret 4 · pinky
2nd string (B) Open
1st string (high E) Fret 2 · middle finger

Other names for the B/C chord

Other names: B major, Bmaj, BM

Music theory name: major triad

Common name: B major chord

Notes and intervals in the B/C chord

Note Interval
B Root
D# Major 3rd
F# Perfect 5th
C Bass note

All variations

Open
X–3–1–4–0–2
Fret 7
X–X–10–8–7–7
Fret 10
X–X–10–11–12–11
Open
X–3–4–4–4–X

More chords with B as the root

The same chord type in other keys

Songs using B/C

Straight From The Heart
Bryan Adams