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B/G 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 G instead of the root.

Guitar

Strings 3–5–3–3–3–6

How to play the B/G chord on guitar

Read the string pattern 3–5–3–3–3–6 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) Fret 3 · index finger
5th string (A) Fret 5 · ring finger
4th string (D) Fret 3 · index finger
3rd string (G) Fret 3 · index finger
2nd string (B) Fret 3 · index finger
1st string (high E) Fret 6 · little finger

Notation for B/G chord

Other names: B major, B maj, B M

Music theory name: major triad

Common name: B major chord

Intervals and tones in B/G chord

Note Interval
B Root
D Major 3rd
F Perfect 5th

All Variations

Fret 3
3–5–3–3–3–6
Fret 3
3–5–3–3–6–6
Fret 5
X–X–5–7–6–6
Fret 10
X–10–12–10–11–10

More chords with B as the root

The same chord type in other keys