B Major Chord (Bmaj) & B Major 7th (Bmaj7) on Piano & Guitar
A piano keyboard reference for the
B Major chord, abbreviated as
Bmaj or
BM.
The
B Major triad
consists of the notes
B,
D♯
and
F♯. The 2 inversions to the B Major triad are
D♯ F♯ B
and
F♯ B D♯.
The
B Major 7th chord, abbreviated as
Bmaj7 or
BM7, has the notes
B,
D♯,
F♯
and
A♯. The
3 inversions to the B Major 7th chord are
D♯ F♯ A♯ B,
F♯ A♯ B D♯
and
A♯ B D♯ F♯.
The intervals of the
B Major chord
are the
root (B) ,
major third (D♯)
and
perfect fifth (F♯). With the
B Major 7th chord, there's an additional
major seventh (A♯).
🎸 You can also jump to
guitar chord diagrams for the
B Major and B Major7th chords in common positions on the
guitar fretboard. You'll find both open chords and/or barre chords.
The B Major chord is a diatonic chord in the following keys:
B Major Chord on Piano
⌨️ hint: use numbers 1 to 7 on a computer keyboard to trigger the chords and their inversions.
B Major chord
notes: B D♯ F♯
- B
- D♯
- F♯
B Major 1st inversion
notes: D♯ F♯ B
- D♯
- F♯
- B
B Major 2nd inversion
notes: F♯ B D♯
- F♯
- B
- D♯
B Major 7th chord
notes: B D♯ F♯ A♯
- B
- D♯
- F♯
- A♯
B Major 7th 1st inversion
notes: D♯ F♯ A♯ B
- D♯
- F♯
- A♯
- B
B Major 7th 2nd inversion
notes: F♯ A♯ B D♯
- F♯
- A♯
- B
- D♯
B Major 7th 3rd inversion
notes: A♯ B D♯ F♯
- A♯
- B
- D♯
- F♯
🎸 B Major Chord Guitar Diagrams
Below you'll find guitar chord diagrams for common chord positions of the B Major chord and the B Major 7th chord, along with finger positions or note names.
