Five String Banjo · Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

BmB Minor

A♯Root

C♯tone

Ftone

Formula 7 · 2 · ♭5 · Notes A♯ · C♯ · F

How to play it

Bm fingering positions

Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1, low E on the left. Each dot is colour-coded by note — the ringed dot is the root. Numbers below show the fret per string (x = muted).

B Minor guitar chord — Open (x 3 1 3 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

B Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 10th (10 10 10 11 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

B Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 13th (x 15 13 15 x) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

B Minor guitar chord — 8th position (10 10 x 8 11) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

B Minor guitar chord — 8th position (10 10 x 11 8) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

B Minor guitar chord — 8th position (10 10 10 8 11) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

B Minor guitar chord — 8th position (10 10 10 11 8) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

B Minor guitar chord — 10th position (10 10 x x 11) fretboard diagram in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

Bm guitar tab

The same voicings in tablature — high e on top, low E on the bottom. Each fret number is colour-coded by note; the ringed number is the root, × means don’t play that string.

B Minor guitar tab — Open (x 3 1 3 x) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

B Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 10th (10 10 10 11 x) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

B Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 13th (x 15 13 15 x) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

B Minor guitar tab — 8th position (10 10 x 8 11) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

B Minor guitar tab — 8th position (10 10 x 11 8) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

B Minor guitar tab — 8th position (10 10 10 8 11) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

B Minor guitar tab — 8th position (10 10 10 11 8) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

B Minor guitar tab — 10th position (10 10 x x 11) in Double C (gCGCD) · Capo 1

Sound

How Bm sounds

Consonance

5/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

sadmelancholyserious

Genres

rockpopclassical

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · F

Formula (scale degrees)7 · 2 · ♭5

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