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F/B 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 B instead of the root.

Guitar

Strings X–2–3–2–1–1

How to play the F/B chord on guitar

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

Other names for the F/B chord

Other names: F major, Fmaj, FM

Music theory name: major triad

Common name: F major chord

Notes and intervals in the F/B chord

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

All variations

Open
X–2–3–2–1–1
Fret 8
X–X–9–10–10–8
Open
X–2–3–2–1–X
Fret 7
7–8–10–10–10–X

More chords with F as the root

The same chord type in other keys

Songs using F/B

Time
Pink Floyd