Ukulele · Baritone (DGBE) · Capo 2

BMB Major

A♯Root

Dtone

Ftone

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

How to play it

BM fingering positions

Baritone (DGBE) · Capo 2, 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 guitar chord — M-shape, 2nd (x 2 2 0) fretboard diagram in Baritone (DGBE) · Capo 2

B Major guitar chord — M-shape, 5th (7 6 5 5) fretboard diagram in Baritone (DGBE) · Capo 2

B Major guitar chord — 5th position (7 6 5 x) fretboard diagram in Baritone (DGBE) · Capo 2

B Major guitar chord — 5th position (7 6 5 0) fretboard diagram in Baritone (DGBE) · Capo 2

B Major guitar chord — 6th position (7 6 x 0) fretboard diagram in Baritone (DGBE) · Capo 2

B Major guitar chord — 7th position (7 9 x 9) fretboard diagram in Baritone (DGBE) · Capo 2

B Major guitar chord — 7th position (7 9 10 9) fretboard diagram in Baritone (DGBE) · Capo 2

Read it as tab

BM 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 guitar tab — M-shape, 2nd (x 2 2 0) in Baritone (DGBE) · Capo 2

B Major guitar tab — M-shape, 5th (7 6 5 5) in Baritone (DGBE) · Capo 2

B Major guitar tab — 5th position (7 6 5 x) in Baritone (DGBE) · Capo 2

B Major guitar tab — 5th position (7 6 5 0) in Baritone (DGBE) · Capo 2

B Major guitar tab — 6th position (7 6 x 0) in Baritone (DGBE) · Capo 2

B Major guitar tab — 7th position (7 9 x 9) in Baritone (DGBE) · Capo 2

B Major guitar tab — 7th position (7 9 10 9) in Baritone (DGBE) · Capo 2

Sound

How BM sounds

Consonance

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Character

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Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · D · F

Formula (scale degrees)7 · ♭3 · ♭5

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