CHORD GUIDE

B7 chord on guitar (B dominant seventh)

The B7 chord is the notes B, D#, F# and A. The usual shape is an open chord: x 2 1 2 0 2, from the low E string to the high E. The guitar above is set up with B7 on the Q key: tap it or press Q to hear it, then strum the strings.

Play it on the guitar See the fingering

Press Q or tap its pad to hear it

Notes: B D# F# A
Frets: x 2 1 2 0 2
Shape: Open chord
Type: dominant seventh

How to play B7

Numbers are fingers: 1 index to 4 little

Your middle finger on the A string at the 2nd fret.
Your index finger on the D string at the 1st fret.
Your ring finger on the G string at the 2nd fret.
Your little finger on the high E string at the 2nd fret.
Let the B string ring open.
Don't play the low E string: start your strum on the A string.

B7 up the neck

The same chord, higher and brighter

B7 (up the neck)

Play it as x 2 4 2 4 2, a barre at the 2nd fret. Switch the guitar's chord level from Standard to Up to hear it.

Lay your index finger flat across the A to the high E string at the 2nd fret.
Your ring finger on the D string at the 4th fret.
Your little finger on the B string at the 4th fret.
Don't play the low E string: start your strum on the A string.

Chords that go with B7

These share a key with B7, so they sound right together, and they're on the pads next to it:

B
E
F#
G#m
C#m
E7
F#7
G#m7
C#m7
D#m
A
C#
Bsus4
Badd9

Songs with B7

All the chords: guitar chord chart. Songs to practice them: easy guitar songs. Tune up first with the online guitar tuner.