B5

B5 is B and F#, a power chord. The shape this page opens on is written x24xxx, lowest string first.

Also written B(no 3rd) or B power chord. The same chord either way; which spelling you meet depends on who wrote the chart.

There are 2 common shapes for B5 on the guitar, and 22 derived voicings in the triad family.

In which keys. Every note of B5 belongs to C# minor (the ♭VII), D major (the vi), Eb minor (the ♭VI), E major (the V), E minor (the v), F# major (the IV), F# minor (the iv), G major (the iii), Ab minor (the ♭III), A major (the ii), B major (the I) and B minor (the i).

The common shapes, written lowest string first: x24xxx, 799xxx.

Triad. Three notes across one string set. B5 has x244xx, 224xxx, 2244xx, 799xxx, x-9-9-11-x-x, xxx477, xx447x, 7x447x.

The common shapes and the derived voicings come from different places, and both are explained in where the chords and the theory come from.