Five String Banjo · Open G (gDGBD)

BmB Minor

A♯Root

C♯tone

Ftone

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

How to play it

Bm fingering positions

Open G (gDGBD), 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, 3rd (x 4 3 4 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

B Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 7th (9 7 7 9 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

B Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 15th (x 16 15 16 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

B Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 19th (21 19 19 21 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

B Minor guitar chord — 4th position (x 4 7 0 x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

B Minor guitar chord — 7th position (9 7 7 x x) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

B Minor guitar chord — 7th position (9 7 7 x 9) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

B Minor guitar chord — 7th position (9 7 7 9 9) fretboard diagram in Open G (gDGBD)

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, 3rd (x 4 3 4 x) in Open G (gDGBD)

B Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 7th (9 7 7 9 x) in Open G (gDGBD)

B Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 15th (x 16 15 16 x) in Open G (gDGBD)

B Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 19th (21 19 19 21 x) in Open G (gDGBD)

B Minor guitar tab — 4th position (x 4 7 0 x) in Open G (gDGBD)

B Minor guitar tab — 7th position (9 7 7 x x) in Open G (gDGBD)

B Minor guitar tab — 7th position (9 7 7 x 9) in Open G (gDGBD)

B Minor guitar tab — 7th position (9 7 7 9 9) in Open G (gDGBD)

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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