B major triad for guitar (B)
Notes, positions, and inversions of the B major triad (B) on the guitar fretboard: B · D# · F#.
Instrument
Root
Chord
Position (CAGED)
Strings
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Frets15
1224
Chord
B
BD#F#
E
B
G
D
A
E
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Legend
B
Root
· R
D#
Third
· 3
F#
Fifth
· 5
Inversions
(strings 1·2·3)Root position
fret 3
1st inversion
fret 8
2nd inversion
fret 12
B major
The B major triad is made up of three notes: B · D# · F#.
It's the most consonant, stable triad -- the backbone of most pop, rock, and folk music. It often functions as the tonic chord, the point of arrival a progression resolves to.