Bm

B1D♭3F♯5

The major triad with its third lowered by a half step.

on ukulele on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

x20402

easy

Fig. 3

x2040x

easy · no 5

Fig. 4

x20432

moderate

Fig. 5

750407

moderate · no 5

Fig. 6

75040x

easy · no 5

What is true of it

Bm is B, D and F♯ — 1, b3 and 5 counted from B.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 3, the 5 goes first, in that order.

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is x20402: 3 fingers, held at the 2nd fret.

None of them uses an open string, so this chord moves up the neck unchanged — the same shape 1 fret higher is the chord a semitone above.

1 string stays silent.

Where its notes are on the neck

Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

The brass dots are B, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.

With a different note underneath

first inversion

Bm/D

xx0402

second inversion

Bm/F♯

220402

An inversion is the same chord with a different note lowest. The name changes to a slash name because the bass is what a listener hears as the foundation.

B in other shapes

Bmajor Bdimdiminished Baugaugmented B5power chord Bsus2suspended second Bsus4suspended fourth

Cm C♯m D♭m Dm D♯m E♭m Em Fm all 374