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B flat power chord guitar chord

B flat power chord is written Bb5. The notes are B flat and F. Start at the top picture.

x means muted. 0 means open.

B flat power chord

Short code x13xxx, thickest string first.

  1. Low E string: muted, do not play.
  2. A string: fret 1, index finger, note B flat, 1st.
  3. D string: fret 3, ring finger, note F, 5th.
  4. G string: muted, do not play.
  5. B string: muted, do not play.
  6. High E string: muted, do not play.

B flat power chord uses the notes B flat and F.

More B flat guitar chords.

Also B flat major, B flat minor, B flat dominant 7, B flat major 7, B flat minor 7, B flat suspended 2, B flat suspended 4, B flat diminished, B flat augmented.

B flat power chord, another shape

Short code 688xxx, thickest string first.

  1. Low E string: fret 6, index finger, note B flat, 1st.
  2. A string: fret 8, ring finger, note F, 5th.
  3. D string: fret 8, pinky finger, note B flat, 1st.
  4. G string: muted, do not play.
  5. B string: muted, do not play.
  6. High E string: muted, do not play.

B flat power chord uses the notes B flat and F.

Why does this B flat power chord have only two notes?

Both pictures are B flat and F. That is a B flat power chord. There is no D, so it is not B flat major. The first picture is two strings: A string fret 1, D string fret 3. The second picture starts on the thick E at fret 6 and uses three strings. Same two notes. The second shape often sounds bigger.

If the B flat power chord in a song sounds bigger than the first picture, try the second picture lower on this page.

This chord leaves off the note that would make it major or minor. Play B flat major after this and you will hear D come in.

Progressions that start on B flat power chord

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B flat power chord, F power chord, B flat power chord, F power chord

B flat power chord (Bb5) and F power chord (F5) take turns hitting. Rock outros, a garage encore. You came to hit, not to sit.