Four String Bass · Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭) · Capo 3

BmB Minor

A♯Root

C♯tone

Ftone

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

How to play it

Bm fingering positions

Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭) · 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 — M-shape, 5th (5 7 7 5) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭) · Capo 3

B Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 9th (x 12 10 9) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭) · Capo 3

B Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 17th (17 19 19 17) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭) · Capo 3

B Minor guitar chord — 2nd position (x 0 2 5) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭) · Capo 3

B Minor guitar chord — 2nd position (5 x 2 5) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭) · Capo 3

B Minor guitar chord — 2nd position (5 0 2 5) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭) · Capo 3

B Minor guitar chord — 2nd position (5 3 2 x) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭) · Capo 3

B Minor guitar chord — 2nd position (5 3 2 2) fretboard diagram in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭) · 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 — M-shape, 5th (5 7 7 5) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭) · Capo 3

B Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 9th (x 12 10 9) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭) · Capo 3

B Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 17th (17 19 19 17) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭) · Capo 3

B Minor guitar tab — 2nd position (x 0 2 5) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭) · Capo 3

B Minor guitar tab — 2nd position (5 x 2 5) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭) · Capo 3

B Minor guitar tab — 2nd position (5 0 2 5) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭) · Capo 3

B Minor guitar tab — 2nd position (5 3 2 x) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭) · Capo 3

B Minor guitar tab — 2nd position (5 3 2 2) in Half-Step Down (E♭A♭D♭G♭) · Capo 3

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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