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Bb/E 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 E instead of the root.

Guitar

Strings 0–1–3–3–3–1

How to play the Bb/E chord on guitar

Read the string pattern 0–1–3–3–3–1 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) Open
5th string (A) Fret 1 · index finger
4th string (D) Fret 3 · middle finger
3rd string (G) Fret 3 · ring finger
2nd string (B) Fret 3 · pinky
1st string (high E) Fret 1 · index finger

Other names for the Bb/E chord

Other names: Bb major, Bbmaj, BbM

Music theory name: major triad

Common name: Bb major chord

Notes and intervals in the Bb/E chord

Note Interval
Bb Root
D Major 3rd
F Perfect 5th
E Bass note

All variations

Open
0–1–3–3–3–1
Open
X–X–2–3–3–1
Fret 3
0–5–3–3–3–6
Fret 3
0–5–3–3–6–6

More chords with Bb as the root

The same chord type in other keys