About the B chord
B is a B major chord built from B, Eb, F#. Bright and stable: the foundation of most songs. Open, happy, and resolved.
Root
B
Quality
Major
Chord tones
B Eb F#
Shapes
1 · expert
Notes & intervals
Every major chord stacks the same intervals on its root. In B, that gives you:
B
root1
Home base. The root names the chord, and every other note is measured from it.
Eb
major third3
The major third is the smile in the chord: this note makes it sound happy.
F#
perfect fifth5
The fifth adds weight and strength behind the root.
B appears naturally in the keys of E major, F# major, B major.
Used in genres
Major chords show up all over the progression catalog, most of all in these styles:
Character & mood
BrightBright and stable: the foundation of most songs. Open, happy, and resolved.