B

B1D♯3F♯5

A major third and a perfect fifth over the root.

on ukulele on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

x21402

hard

Fig. 3

76440x

hard

Fig. 4

x2140x

easy · no 5

Fig. 5

x2444x

hard

Fig. 6

799877

hard · barre

What is true of it

B is B, D♯ and F♯ — 1, 3 and 5 counted from B.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 3, the 5 goes first, in that order.

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is x21402: 4 fingers, held at the 1st fret.

None of them uses an open string, so this chord moves up the neck unchanged — the same shape 1 fret higher is the chord a semitone above.

1 of the 5 need a barre.

1 string stays silent.

Where its notes are on the neck

Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

The brass dots are B, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.

With a different note underneath

first inversion

B/D♯

xx1402

second inversion

B/F♯

22140x

An inversion is the same chord with a different note lowest. The name changes to a slash name because the bass is what a listener hears as the foundation.

B in other shapes

Bmminor Bdimdiminished Baugaugmented B5power chord Bsus2suspended second Bsus4suspended fourth

C C♯D♭D D♯E♭E F all 374