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Bbb on guitar

Bbb is a major, spelled Bbb, Db and Fb. In Standard tuning (E2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4) the easiest shape is x02220, which sits at fret 2, needs a barre across 3 strings at fret 2, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 1 string. 12 positions for it are shown below, from the nut up to fret 14.

Notes and intervals

NoteBbbDbFb
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.

Bbb major, open position, capo 0
x02220sits at fret 2, needs a barre across 3 strings at fret 2, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 1 string
Bbb major, position 5, capo 05fr321
x07650sits at fret 5, spans 2 frets, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 1 string
Bbb major, position 9, capo 09fr312
x0119100sits at fret 9, spans 2 frets, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 1 string
Bbb major, position 6, capo 06fr21
x076xxsits at fret 6, spans 1 fret, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 3 strings
Bbb major, position 14, capo 014fr
x01414140sits at fret 14, needs a barre across 3 strings at fret 14, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 1 string
Bbb major, position 7, capo 07fr1243
x079109sits at fret 7, spans 3 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
Bbb major, position 4, capo 04fr1432
047650sits at fret 4, spans 3 frets and lets 2 strings ring open
Bbb major, position 12, capo 012fr2341
x014141412sits at fret 12, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string
Bbb major, position 11, capo 011fr1
0011xxxsits at fret 11, needs no stretch at all, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 3 strings
Bbb major, position 10, capo 010fr231
x01114100sits at fret 10, spans 4 frets, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 1 string
Bbb major, open position, capo 0
x0222xsits at fret 2, needs a barre across 3 strings at fret 2, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 2 strings
Bbb major, open position, capo 0
002220sits at fret 2, needs a barre across 3 strings at fret 2 and lets 3 strings ring open

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. Bbb turns up as an A shape, a G shape and an E shape: A at the nut, G at fret 2, E at fret 5.

Bbb major, open position, capo 0
A shapeBbb as an A shape: the open shape itself, fingered x02220 against the nut.
Bbb major, open position, capo 0324
G shapeBbb as a G shape: barre at fret 2, fingered 542225.
Bbb major, position 5, capo 05fr342
E shapeBbb as an E shape: barre at fret 5, fingered 577655.

Keys Bbb belongs to

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

Bbb in another tuning

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