Six String Guitar · Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

BmB Minor

A♯Root

C♯tone

Ftone

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

How to play it

Bm fingering positions

Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2, 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 x 5 4 5 5) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

B Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 4th (5 5 5 4 5 5) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

B Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 8th (x 10 8 8 10 8) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

B Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 16th (x x 17 16 17 17) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

B Minor guitar chord — M-shape, 16th (17 17 17 16 17 17) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

B Minor guitar chord — Open (x x x 1 1 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

B Minor guitar chord — 4th position (5 x x 4 x 0) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

B Minor guitar chord — 4th position (5 x 0 4 x x) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

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 x 5 4 5 5) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

B Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 4th (5 5 5 4 5 5) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

B Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 8th (x 10 8 8 10 8) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

B Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 16th (x x 17 16 17 17) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

B Minor guitar tab — M-shape, 16th (17 17 17 16 17 17) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

B Minor guitar tab — Open (x x x 1 1 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

B Minor guitar tab — 4th position (5 x x 4 x 0) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

B Minor guitar tab — 4th position (5 x 0 4 x x) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 2

Sound

How Bm sounds

Consonance

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Brightness

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Character

Moods & genres

Moods

sadmelancholyserious

Genres

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Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · F

Formula (scale degrees)7 · 2 · ♭5

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