Bm guitar chord

B minor. Notes: B D F♯.

Easy shape

Intermediate

A-shape · fret 2 · Full & movable

Root on the 5th string at fret 2. Set your first finger across fret 2 first, then add the others.

String by string, low to high

Low E muted: don’t play it
A fret 2, finger 1 (B)
D fret 4, finger 3 (F♯)
G fret 4, finger 4 (B)
B fret 3, finger 2 (D)
High E fret 2, finger 1 (F♯)

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Harder shape

Intermediate

E-shape · fret 7 · Full & movable

Root on the 6th string at fret 7. Set your first finger across fret 7 first, then add the others.

String by string, low to high

Low E fret 7, finger 1 (B)
A fret 9, finger 3 (F♯)
D fret 9, finger 4 (B)
G fret 7, finger 1 (D)
B fret 7, finger 1 (F♯)
High E fret 7, finger 1 (B)

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Practise changing to Bm

Four-chord progressions with Bm in them. Each opens in Chordbyte with a metronome, a play-along and a one-minute changes drill.

D major, I–V–vi–IV: D A Bm GAs in “Let It Be” by The Beatles.
D major, I–vi–IV–V: D Bm G AAs in “Stand by Me” by Ben E. King.
D major, vi–IV–I–V: Bm G D AAs in “Zombie” by The Cranberries.
A major, I–ii–IV–V: A Bm D E

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