B7
Dominant 7 · B – D♯ – F♯ – A
- BR
- D♯3
- F♯5
- A♭7
Guitar voicings
Piano
- Root
- Third / sus
- Fifth
- Sixth / seventh
- Extension
About the B7 chord
The B7 chord (Dominant 7) is built from B (the root), D♯ (a major third), F♯ (a perfect fifth) and A (a minor seventh). Dominant seventh chords add bluesy tension that pulls toward resolution, central to blues, jazz and funk.