Four String Banjo · Chicago (DGBE)

BM(add2)B Major Added 2nd

A♯Root
Ctone
Dtone
Ftone

Formula 7 · ♭2 · ♭3 · ♭5  ·  Notes A♯ · C · D · F

How to play it

BM(add2) fingering positions

Chicago (DGBE), low E on the left. Each dot is colour-coded by note — the ringed dot is the root. Numbers below show the fret per string (x = muted).

B Major Added 2nd guitar chord — 7th position (9 8 7 9) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)
B Major Added 2nd guitar chord — 19th position (21 20 19 21) fretboard diagram in Chicago (DGBE)
Read it as tab

BM(add2) guitar tab

The same voicings in tablature — high e on top, low E on the bottom. Each fret number is colour-coded by note; the ringed number is the root, × means don’t play that string.

B Major Added 2nd guitar tab — 7th position (9 8 7 9) in Chicago (DGBE)
B Major Added 2nd guitar tab — 19th position (21 20 19 21) in Chicago (DGBE)
Sound

How BM(add2) sounds

Consonance
4/ 5
Brightness
DarkBright
Character

Moods & genres

Moods
brightcolorfulyouthful
Genres
poprock
Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C · D · F
Formula (scale degrees)7 · ♭2 · ♭3 · ♭5
Explore

More ways to play B Major Added 2nd

Browse the rest of the B chords in this tuning, or open BM(add2) in the app for every voicing.

BM(add2) in other tunings:

TenorIrish TenorPlectrum

See & hear BM(add2) in Chordology

The app shows every voicing across guitar, piano, bass, banjo and ukulele — in any tuning, with a capo, and you can play every chord back. All offline.

Hear every chordMore voicingsEvery tuning & capoWorks offline
Download on theApp Store