Bm

B1D♭3F♯5

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

on guitar on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

4222

moderate

Fig. 3

422x

easy

Fig. 4

4225

moderate

Fig. 5

4675

hard

Fig. 6

xba9

easy

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 4222: 4 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.

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

x222

second inversion

Bm/F♯

x675

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