Bminor

Bm is B, D and F#, a minor triad. The shape this page opens on is written x24432, lowest string first.

Also written Bmin, B- or B minor. The same chord either way; which spelling you meet depends on who wrote the chart.

There are 8 common shapes for Bm on the guitar, and 50 derived voicings in 2 families.

In which keys. Every note of Bm belongs to D major (the vi), E minor (the v), F# minor (the iv), G major (the iii), A major (the ii) and B minor (the i).

The common shapes, written lowest string first: x24432, x5443x, 7544x7, 799777, xx9777, x-x-9-11-12-10, x-x-12-11-12-10, x-14-12-11-12-x.

Triad. Three notes across one string set. Bm has xxx432, 220xxx, x2443x, xx0432, 2204xx, xx4432, xx443x, x5443x.

Open string. An open string left ringing against a fretted grip. Because it costs no finger, it sounds a note the closed shape has none left for -- a tension on top, or a pedal root underneath. Either a familiar grip with open strings added, or a shape so sparse the open strings carry the chord. These belong to their key rather than to a shape, so D, A, G and E have many and Eb a handful. Bm has xx0402, 2x040x, x2040x, 7x040x.

The common shapes and the derived voicings come from different places, and both are explained in where the chords and the theory come from.