Stage Pads guide
Worship pad in B
Tap the button to play a soft pad in B: its root, fifth and octave, which sit under every chord in B major (and G♯ minor songs use the G♯ pad). It is made in your browser as it plays, nothing to download.
Play a pad in B
Made in your browser as it plays: nothing to download. Tap to start; tap again to fade out.
The full app adds Shimmer, Strings, Choir and the pipe organ (Pro), a click, setlists and the hymn book.
The chords in B major
B major’s scale is B, C♯, D♯, E, F♯, G♯, A♯. Its chords, with their Nashville numbers, are below; a B pad sits under all of them.
| Number | Roman | Chord |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | B |
| 2m | ii | C♯m |
| 3m | iii | D♯m |
| 4 | IV | E |
| 5 | V | F♯ |
| 6m | vi | G♯m |
| 7° | vii° | A♯dim |
Playing in B on guitar
Guitarists can play in B with familiar shapes and a capo: A shapes with a capo on fret 2; G shapes with a capo on fret 4; E shapes with a capo on fret 7.
The relative minor of B major is G♯m: the same notes, starting on G♯.
Hymns in B
None of the hymns in Stage Pads’ hymn book is written in B, but any of them can be moved into B on the stage with Key + and Key −, and the pad follows.
Changing key mid-song
For a key change, tap the new key in Stage Pads and the B pad fades into it. A last-chorus lift from B usually goes up a semitone or a tone, to C or D♭.
Questions
What chords go with a B pad?
Every chord in B major: B, C sharpm, D sharpm, E, F sharp, G sharpm. The pad has no third, so major and minor chords both sit on it.
Can I use the B pad for a minor song?
Use the pad of the song’s own key: a song in B minor takes this B pad, and a song in G sharp minor (the relative minor) takes that key’s pad.