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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–4–4–4–4–7

How to play the B/C# chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–4–4–4–4–7 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 4 · index finger
4th string (D) Fret 4 · index finger
3rd string (G) Fret 4 · index finger
2nd string (B) Fret 4 · index finger
1st string (high E) Fret 7 · pinky

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

Fret 4
X–4–4–4–4–7
Fret 9
9–9–9–11–12–11
Fret 11
X–X–11–11–12–11
Open
X–4–4–4–4–X

Songs using B/C#