Six String Guitar · Open D Tuning (DADF♯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 Tuning (DADF♯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, 2nd (x 2 0 0 2 0) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

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

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

B Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 12th (x 14 12 12 14 12) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

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

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

B Minor guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 0 0 x x) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

B Minor guitar chord — 2nd position (x 2 0 0 x 0) fretboard diagram in Open D Tuning (DADF♯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, 2nd (x 2 0 0 2 0) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

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

B Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 8th (9 9 9 8 9 9) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

B Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 12th (x 14 12 12 14 12) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

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

B Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 20th (21 21 21 20 21 21) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

B Minor guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 0 0 x x) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

B Minor guitar tab — 2nd position (x 2 0 0 x 0) in Open D Tuning (DADF♯AD)

Sound

How Bm sounds

Consonance

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

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Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · F

Formula (scale degrees)7 · 2 · ♭5

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