D/B

D/B is B, D, F# and A. The shape this page opens on is written x20232, lowest string first.

Note by note. B is the root, D is the minor third, F# is the fifth and A is the flat seventh.

Also written D over B or D with B in the bass. The same chord either way; which spelling you meet depends on who wrote the chart.

There are 6 common shapes for D/B on the guitar.

One note away. Change a single note of D/B and you have D (with one note taken away), Dmaj7 (with one note moved), Dm6 (with one note moved), Dadd9 (with one note moved), D69 (with one note added) or D7 (with one note moved).

In which keys. Every note of D/B belongs to D major (the I), E minor (the ♭VII), F# minor (the ♭VI), G major (the V), A major (the IV) and B minor (the ♭III).

The common shapes, written lowest string first: x20232, x24232, x24235, 557775, x-9-12-11-10-10, x-12-12-14-15-14.

Under the hand. 1 of the 6 shapes here sits in open position, and the first uses 1 open string with 1 left unplayed. 3 of the 6 need a barre. Together they cover the neck from the 2nd fret to the 15th.

What kind of chord this is. D/B is a slash chord — a triad over a named bass note. slash chords on every root, and what they are for.

The common shapes and the derived voicings come from different places, and both are explained in where the chords and the theory come from.