Bm is a minor, spelled B, D and F#. In Standard tuning (E2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4) the easiest shape is x20402, which sits at fret 2, spans 2 frets, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 1 string. 12 positions for it are shown below, from the nut up to fret 14.
Notes and intervals
Note
B
D
F#
Interval
1P
3m
5P
12 ways to play it
Ordered by how hard they are to fret, easiest first, one per position on the neck. Fret numbers are relative to the position marked beside each grid.
x20402sits at fret 2, spans 2 frets, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 1 string75077xsits at fret 5, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string799777sits at fret 7 and needs a barre across 6 strings at fret 7754407sits at fret 4, needs a barre across 2 strings at fret 4 and lets 1 string ring openxx443xsits at fret 3, spans 1 fret and mutes 3 stringsxx911010sits at fret 9, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 2 stringsxx011010sits at fret 10, spans 1 fret, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 2 stringsxx0110xsits at fret 11, needs no stretch at all, lets 2 strings ring open and mutes 3 strings14140xxxsits at fret 14, needs a barre across 2 strings at fret 14, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 3 strings141412xxxsits at fret 12, spans 2 frets and mutes 3 stringsx20432sits at fret 2, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 stringx24432sits at fret 2, needs a barre across 5 strings at fret 2 and mutes 1 string
The five shapes
Every shape below is one of the five open chords moved up the neck, with a finger — or the nut — standing in for the open strings. Bm turns up as an A shape and an E shape: A at fret 2, E at fret 7.
A shapeBm as an A shape: barre at fret 2, fingered x24432.E shapeBm as an E shape: barre at fret 7, fingered 799777.
Keys Bm belongs to
Bm is diatonic to 24 of the 96 keys this app knows, playing a different role in each.