How to Play B7 on Piano

The B Dominant 7th chord sounds restless and bluesy. It stacks 4 notes: B – D# – F# – A.

A major triad plus a flattened seventh. The tritone between its third and seventh is what makes it lean so hard toward the chord a fourth above.

Notes in B7

NoteIntervalFinger
BB4Root1
D#D#5Major 3rd2
F#F#5Perfect 5th3
AA5Minor 7th5

How to Play

Right Hand

Place your thumb (finger 1) on B. Use finger 2 on D#, finger 3 on F#, and finger 5 on A.

Where it sits

2 notes of this chord (D#, F#) are on black keys, so play it a little further back on the keys than an all-white shape.

Press all 4 keys at the same time. Keep your wrist relaxed and your fingers curved. The blue dots on the piano below show exactly which keys to press — they turn green when you play the right note.

Other Dominant 7th Chords

C7
C – E – G – Bb
Db7
Db – F – Ab – Cb
D7
D – F# – A – C
Eb7
Eb – G – Bb – Db
E7
E – G# – B – D
F7
F – A – C – Eb
F#7
F# – A# – C# – E
G7
G – B – D – F
Ab7
Ab – C – Eb – Gb
A7
A – C# – E – G
Bb7
Bb – D – F – Ab

Other B Chords

B6
B – D# – F# – G#
B9
B – D# – F# – A – C#
B
B – D# – F#
Bm
B – D – F#
Bmaj7
B – D# – F# – A#
Bm7
B – D – F# – A
Bdim
B – D – F
Baug
B – D# – F##
Bsus2
B – C# – F#
Bsus4
B – E – F#
Bdim7
B – D – F – Ab
Bm6
B – D – F# – G#
Badd9
B – D# – F# – C#