Five String Banjo · Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

BmB Minor

A♯Root

C♯tone

Ftone

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

How to play it

Bm fingering positions

Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3, 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 2 2 1 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

B Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 5th (6 5 6 6 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

B Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 13th (x 14 14 13 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

B Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 17th (18 17 18 18 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

B Minor guitar chord — Open (x 2 2 1 2) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

B Minor guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 2 x 2) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

B Minor guitar chord — 5th position (6 5 6 x x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

B Minor guitar chord — 5th position (6 5 6 x 7) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

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 2 2 1 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

B Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 5th (6 5 6 6 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

B Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 13th (x 14 14 13 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

B Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 17th (18 17 18 18 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

B Minor guitar tab — Open (x 2 2 1 2) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

B Minor guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 2 x 2) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

B Minor guitar tab — 5th position (6 5 6 x x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

B Minor guitar tab — 5th position (6 5 6 x 7) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD) · Capo 3

Sound

How Bm sounds

Consonance

5/ 5

Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

sadmelancholyserious

Genres

rockpopclassical

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · F

Formula (scale degrees)7 · 2 · ♭5

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