Basic Beginner Guitar Chord Lesson – Learn to Play B Flat Major

Learn how to play the B Flat Guitar Chord with this free easy lesson. The B Flat Guitar Chord (also known as B Flat Major) is found by locating the 1, 3 and 5 positions (B Flat, D and F) of the B Flat Major Guitar Scale: Bb C D Eb F G A Bb.

So the notes of the B Flat Major Chord are: B Flat, D and F

There are several different ways to play it, but I will demonstrate the easy way in the following post.

Here is a key that will help you read the B Flat Major Guitar Chord Chart Diagram:

Everything on the above chart should be self explanatory, except for the last three in the third column. They may need a bit of explaining. The O, or open symbol, simply means that you do not press down on any notes on that string. The X means you do not strum that particular string. The Barre symbol means you need to barre that particular fret. When you barre a fret you are pressing down on multiple strings at the same time with one finger.

Technically speaking, the above chord shape is a chord inversion.  This means that instead of the “Bb” note as our bass or lowest note, the “D” note is.