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B7 Guitar Chord

A tense chord that "wants" to resolve up a fourth. Essential for blues, jazz, rock'n'roll and funk. The added minor seventh creates characteristic tension.

Guitar

B7 chord for guitar – fingering X–2–1–2–0–2, chord diagram

Strings X–2–1–2–0–2

How to play the B7 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–2–1–2–0–2 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 2 · middle finger

4th string (D) Fret 1 · index finger

3rd string (G) Fret 2 · ring finger

2nd string (B) Open

1st string (high E) Fret 2 · pinky

Other names for the B7 chord

Other names: B dominant 7th, Bdom7

Music theory name: dominant seventh chord

Common name: B seven chord

Notes and intervals in the B7 chord

Note	Interval
B	Root
D#	Major 3rd
F#	Perfect 5th
A	Minor 7th

All variations

B7 chord for guitar, variation 1

Open

X–2–1–2–0–2

B7 chord for guitar, variation 2

Open

2–2–4–2–4–2

B7 chord for guitar, variation 3 from fret 4

Fret 4

X–X–4–4–4–5

B7 chord for guitar, variation 4 from fret 7

Fret 7

7–9–7–8–7–7

B7 chord for guitar, variation 5

Open

X–2–1–2–0–X

B7 chord for guitar, variation 6

Open

X–2–4–2–4–2

B7 chord for guitar, variation 7

Open

X–2–1–2–0–1

B7 chord for guitar, variation 8 from fret 7

Fret 7

7–X–7–8–7–X

B7 chord for guitar, variation 9

Open

X–X–1–2–0–2

Songs using B7

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