B Power (5) Chord on 12-String Guitar
Play B Power (5) on 12-String Guitar: diagrams, finger positions, intervals, and every voicing up and down the neck for this instrument.
The B Power (5) chord is a power chord (root and fifth, no third), neutral between major and minor and a staple of rock and metal. It is built from the notes B, F#. This page shows how to play B Power (5) on 12-String Guitar with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
The lowest shape sits at fret 2 and spans 3 frets, with no open strings in it. The E and B strings stay silent, so 3 of 6 sound. B falls on the A string. It sounds from B2 up to B3. 2 voicings are charted, the highest starting at fret 7.
12-String Guitar is strung in six courses of two, the lower four paired an octave apart, so each stopped note here sounds as two — which is why the shape rings thicker than the same grip on a single-strung instrument.
Browse alternate voicings to find the one that sits best under your fingers, then compare it with the other chord types built on B or explore the same shape in nearby keys. The diagrams list the notes in each voicing so you can connect the shape to the theory behind it.