2BD#F#B
Fig. 1 · B · moderate

ukulele chord

B

B1D♯3F♯5

A major third and a perfect fifth over the root.

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Every fingering that fits a hand

2
Fig. 2

4322

moderate

2
Fig. 3

432x

easy

4
Fig. 4

4676

hard

9
Fig. 5

xbb9

easy

What is true of it

B is B, D♯ and F♯ — 1, 3 and 5 counted from B.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 3, the 5 goes first, in that order.

The easiest of the 4 fingerings below is 4322: 4 fingers, held at the 2nd fret.

None of them uses an open string, so this chord moves up the neck unchanged — the same shape 1 fret higher is the chord a semitone above.

Where its notes are on the neck

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Fig. 6 — first 12 frets

The brass dots are B, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.

With a different note underneath

2
first inversion

B/D♯

x322

11
second inversion

B/F♯

bbbx

An inversion is the same chord with a different note lowest. The name changes to a slash name because the bass is what a listener hears as the foundation.

B in other shapes

BmminorBdimdiminishedBaugaugmentedB5power chordBsus2suspended secondBsus4suspended fourth

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