B7 Guitar Chord | Standard Tuning

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Alternate

B dominant, Bdom7

Tuning

Standard Tuning

 
O
 
 
 
X
1
2
3
4
5
2134
F♯
B
A
D♯
B
 

 
 
 
 
 
X
2
3
4
5
6
13141
F♯
D♯
A
F♯
B
 

 
 
 
 
 
X
2
3
4
5
6
13334
A
D♯
B
F♯
B
 

This version of the B7 chord can be difficult to finger. This voicing is not used very often.

 
 
 
 
 
 
7
8
9
10
11
131211
B
F♯
D♯
A
F♯
B

This is a B7 barre chord that utilizes the shape of the "open" E7 chord.

X
X
 
 
 
X
1
2
3
4
5
212
 
 
A
D♯
B
 

This is a three string voicing of a B7 chord. This voicing is based on the shape of the "open" C7 chord.

 
O
 
 
 
X
13
14
15
16
17
2134
F♯
B
A
D♯
B
 

This B7 chord voicing combines a common movable shape with the open B string.

X
 
 
 
 
X
12
13
14
15
16
3241
 
B
A
D♯
B
 

This B7 voicing is based on the shape of the "open" C7 chord.

 
 
 
 
 
 
7
8
9
10
11
131241
B
A
D♯
A
F♯
B

This is a common, movable barre chord voicing for B7.

 
 
 
 
X
X
4
5
6
7
8
1113
A
D♯
B
F♯
 
 

This voicing for B7 is commonly used in blues music.

X
 
 
 
X
 
7
8
9
10
11
1243
 
F♯
D♯
A
 
B

This voicing for B7 is commonly used in the jazz and western swing genres.

 
 
 
 
O
X
7
8
9
10
11
1211
B
F♯
D♯
A
A
 

This B7 voicing is played with an A bass note.

X
O
 
 
 
X
1
2
3
4
5
213
 
B
A
D♯
B
 

This is an abbreviated version of the "open" B7 chord.

 
O
 
 
O
 
1
2
3
4
5
2134
F♯
B
A
D♯
A
F♯

This B7 chord is played in second inversion.

 
 
 
 
X
X
4
5
6
7
8
1113
A
D♯
B
F♯
 
 

This B7 chord is played in second inversion.

X
X
 
 
X
 
1
2
3
4
5
213
 
 
A
D♯
 
F♯

This B7 chord is played with the fifth (F#) in the bass. The root is omitted from the voicing.

 
X
 
 
 
X
1
2
3
4
5
2134
F♯
 
A
D♯
B
 

The second string is omitted from this voicing of B7.

X
 
 
 
X
 
7
8
9
10
11
324
 
A
D♯
B
 
B

The thumb is used to fret the low root note of this B7 chord.

 
O
 
 
X
 
1
2
3
4
5
2134
F♯
B
A
D♯
 
F♯

The fifth (F#) is played in the bass of this B7 chord. Notice how the fifth string is omitted from the voicing.

 
 
 
 
O
X
4
5
6
7
8
1113
A
D♯
B
F♯
A
 

This B7 chord features the open A string played in the bass. Consequently, this chord is played in third inversion.

X
X
 
 
X
 
7
8
9
10
11
123
 
 
D♯
A
 
B

The fifth (F#) is omitted from this B7 chord.