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Bb on guitar

Bb is a major, spelled Bb, D and F. In Standard tuning (E2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4) the easiest shape is x10331, which sits at fret 1, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string. 12 positions for it are shown below, from the nut up to fret 15.

Notes and intervals

NoteBbDF
Interval1P3M5P

12 ways to play it

Ordered by how hard they are to fret, easiest first, one per position on the neck. Fret numbers are relative to the position marked beside each grid.

Bb major, open position, capo 01342
x10331sits at fret 1, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
Bb major, position 5, capo 05fr2143
65076xsits at fret 5, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
Bb major, position 6, capo 06fr342
688766sits at fret 6 and needs a barre across 6 strings at fret 6
Bb major, position 3, capo 03fr324
653336sits at fret 3 and needs a barre across 3 strings at fret 3
Bb major, position 7, capo 07fr231
x887xxsits at fret 7, spans 1 fret and mutes 3 strings
Bb major, position 8, capo 08fr1243
xx8101110sits at fret 8, spans 3 frets and mutes 2 strings
Bb major, position 10, capo 010fr3124
x130101113sits at fret 10, spans 3 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
Bb major, position 13, capo 013fr1342
x130151513sits at fret 13, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
Bb major, position 12, capo 012fr231
131312xxxsits at fret 12, spans 1 fret and mutes 3 strings
Bb major, position 15, capo 015fr
xx151515xsits at fret 15, needs a barre across 3 strings at fret 15 and mutes 3 strings
Bb major, position 11, capo 011fr2413
x130151113sits at fret 11, spans 4 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
Bb major, open position, capo 0234
x13331sits at fret 1, needs a barre across 5 strings at fret 1 and mutes 1 string

The five shapes

Every shape below is one of the five open chords moved up the neck, with a finger — or the nut — standing in for the open strings. Bb turns up as an A shape, a G shape, an E shape and a D shape: A at fret 1, G at fret 3, E at fret 6, D at fret 8.

Bb major, open position, capo 0234
A shapeBb as an A shape: barre at fret 1, fingered x13331.
Bb major, position 3, capo 03fr324
G shapeBb as a G shape: barre at fret 3, fingered 653336.
Bb major, position 6, capo 06fr342
E shapeBb as an E shape: barre at fret 6, fingered 688766.
Bb major, position 8, capo 08fr1243
D shapeBb as a D shape: index finger at fret 8, fingered xx8101110.

Keys Bb belongs to

Bb is diatonic to 24 of the 96 keys this app knows, playing a different role in each.

Bb in another tuning

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