Open B tuning

Open B Tuning is an open tuning for guitar. The open string notes in this tuning are B-F♯-B-F♯-B-D♯. It uses the three notes that form the triad of a B major chord: B, the root note; F♯, the perfect fifth; and D♯, the major third.

When the guitar is strummed without fretting any of the strings, a B major chord is sounded. This means that any major chord can be easily created using one finger, fretting all the strings at once.

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Guitar tunings
General
  • Standard
  • DADGAD
  • Nashville
Open (Slide and slack-key guitar)
TuningRepetitiveOvertonesOther
(often most popular)
  • Open A
  • Open B
  • Open C
  • Open D
  • Open E
  • Open F
  • Open G
  • A-C♯-E-A-C♯-E
  • B-D♯-F♯-B-D♯-F♯
  • C-E-G-C-E-G
  • D-F♯-A-D-F♯-A
  • E-G♯-B-E-G♯-B
  • F-A-C-F-A-C
  • G-B-D-G-B-D
  • A-A-E-A-C♯-E
  • B-B-F♯-B-D♯-F♯
  • C-C-G-C-E-G
  • D-D-A-D-F♯-A
  • E-E-B-E-G♯-B
  • F-F-C-F-A-C
  • G-G-D-G-B-D
  • E-A-C♯-E-A-E
  • B-F♯-B-F♯-B-D♯
  • C-G-C-G-C-E
  • D-A-D-F♯-A-D
  • E-B-E-G♯-B-E
  • C-F-C-F-A-F
  • D-G-D-G-B-D
Regular (semitones)
Miscellaneous