Five String Banjo · Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

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), 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 — M-shape, 4th (x 5 5 4 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

B Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 8th (9 8 9 9 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

B Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 16th (x 17 17 16 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

B Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 20th (21 20 21 21 x) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

B Minor guitar chord — 2nd position (x x 2 0 5) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

B Minor guitar chord — 2nd position (x 5 2 0 5) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

B Minor guitar chord — 4th position (x 5 5 4 5) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

B Minor guitar chord — 5th position (x 5 x 0 5) fretboard diagram in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

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 — M-shape, 4th (x 5 5 4 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

B Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 8th (9 8 9 9 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

B Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 16th (x 17 17 16 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

B Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 20th (21 20 21 21 x) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

B Minor guitar tab — 2nd position (x x 2 0 5) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

B Minor guitar tab — 2nd position (x 5 2 0 5) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

B Minor guitar tab — 4th position (x 5 5 4 5) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

B Minor guitar tab — 5th position (x 5 x 0 5) in Open D (f♯DF♯AD)

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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