How do you play B5 on guitar?

6th String Root Power Chord: 7 9 9 x x x; 5th String Root Power Chord: x 2 4 4 x x (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).

Guitar chord · Power Chord

B5 chord (B Power Chord)

Powerful rock/metal staple consisting of root and fifth without a third.

Notes BF#

Formula 1 5

Shapes 2 on this page

B5 chord shapes

Tap a diagram to strum it. Numbers are fingers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky. Blue dots are the root, B.

6th String Root Power Chord 7 9 9 x x x

5th String Root Power Chord x 2 4 4 x x

Interactive chord diagram

B5 on the fretboard

STR OP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 E A D G B E ✕ ✕ ✕ ✕ ✕ ✕

Tap any note to hear it.

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Questions

What notes are in a B5 chord?: B5 is B, F#: the 1, 5 of B.
How do you play B5 on guitar?: 6th String Root Power Chord: 7 9 9 x x x; 5th String Root Power Chord: x 2 4 4 x x (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).

Power Chord chords in every key

C5 C#5 D5 Eb5 E5 F5 F#5 G5 Ab5 A5 Bb5 B5

More B chords

B Bm Bdim B7 Bmaj7 Bm7 Bm(maj7) Bmaj9 B9 Bm9 Bm11 B6 Bm6 Badd9 Bsus4 Bsus2 B7sus4 B7#9 Baug Bmaj7#5 Bdim7 Bm7b5