Guitar chord · Minor
Bm chord (B Minor)
Sad, deep, and melancholic fundamental minor triad.
Notes BDF#
Formula 1 ♭3 5
Shapes 3 on this page
Bm chord shapes
Tap a diagram to strum it. Numbers are fingers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky. Blue dots are the root, B.
STR OP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 E A D G B E
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Tap any note to hear it.
Scales to play over Bm
These scales start on B and contain every note of the chord, so they fit when Bm is the chord of the moment.
B Minor B Minor Pentatonic B Blues B Major Blues B Dorian B Phrygian B Harmonic Minor B Melodic Minor B Half-Whole Diminished B Hungarian Minor B Dorian b2 B Ukrainian Dorian B Lydian #2 B Lydian b3 B Neapolitan Minor B Neapolitan Major B Augmented B Bebop Dorian B Hirajoshi B Phrygian b4 B Lydian #2 #6 B Ultraphrygian B Hungarian Major B Bebop Melodic Minor B Bebop Harmonic Minor
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- What notes are in a Bm chord?
- Bm is B, D, F#: the 1, ♭3, 5 of B.
- How do you play Bm on guitar?
- Open Am / Am-Shape: x 2 4 4 3 2; Open Em / Em-Shape: 7 9 9 7 7 7; Open Dm / Dm-Shape: x x 9 11 12 10 (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).
- What scale goes with Bm?
- Scales on B that contain every note of Bm: B Minor, B Minor Pentatonic, B Blues, B Major Blues, B Dorian, B Phrygian.
Minor chords in every key
More B chords
B Bdim B5 B7 Bmaj7 Bm7 Bm(maj7) Bmaj9 B9 Bm9 Bm11 B6 Bm6 Badd9 Bsus4 Bsus2 B7sus4 B7#9 Baug Bmaj7#5 Bdim7 Bm7b5 B7b9 B13 B6/9 B11 B9sus4 Bmadd9 Badd11 Bm6/9 B7#5 B7b5 B7#11 Bmaj13 Bm13 Bmaj11 B9#11 Bmaj9#11 Bmaj7#11 Bm9b5 B7sus4b9 Bm(maj9) B9#5 B9b5 B7b5b9 B7#5b9 B7#5#9 B7b5#9 B7b13 B13b9 B13#11 Bm7#5 Bmaj7b5 Bdim(maj7) Bmadd11