Bm guitar chord
B minor. Notes: B D F♯.01
IntermediateEasy shape
A-shape · fret 2 · Full & movable
Root on the 5th string at fret 2. Set your first finger across fret 2 first, then add the others.
String by string, low to high
- Low E muted: don’t play it
- A fret 2, finger 1 (B)
- D fret 4, finger 3 (F♯)
- G fret 4, finger 4 (B)
- B fret 3, finger 2 (D)
- High E fret 2, finger 1 (F♯)
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IntermediateHarder shape
E-shape · fret 7 · Full & movable
Root on the 6th string at fret 7. Set your first finger across fret 7 first, then add the others.
String by string, low to high
- Low E fret 7, finger 1 (B)
- A fret 9, finger 3 (F♯)
- D fret 9, finger 4 (B)
- G fret 7, finger 1 (D)
- B fret 7, finger 1 (F♯)
- High E fret 7, finger 1 (B)
Hear it, then check it
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Open Bm in Chordbyte03
Practise changing to Bm
Four-chord progressions with Bm in them. Each opens in Chordbyte with a metronome, a play-along and a one-minute changes drill.
- D major, I–V–vi–IV: D A Bm GAs in “Let It Be” by The Beatles.
- D major, I–vi–IV–V: D Bm G AAs in “Stand by Me” by Ben E. King.
- D major, vi–IV–I–V: Bm G D AAs in “Zombie” by The Cranberries.
- A major, I–ii–IV–V: A Bm D E
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