B Major Chord on Sitar
Play B Major on Sitar: diagrams, finger positions, intervals, and every voicing up and down the neck for this instrument.
The B Major chord is a bright, stable major triad — one of the first chords most players learn. It is built from the notes B, D#, F#. This page shows how to play B Major on Sitar with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.
There is no open-string version on Sitar: the lowest shape barres fret 3 and covers 2 frets. B falls on the G string. It sounds from D#3 up to D#5. 2 voicings are charted, the highest starting at fret 8.
Sitar is tuned C–G–C–G–C, with 15 frets to work with.
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.