Minor familyvi in D major
B minor chord
BmB minor
Piano root position
- Root
- ♭3
- 5
Guitar standard tuning
Barre · fret 2
Lay your index flat across strings 5 to 1 at fret 2.
Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little
Notation treble clef
Intervals
12 semitones- B1
- ♭2
- 2
- D♭3
- 3
- 4
- ♭5
- F♯5
- ♯5
- 6
- ♭7
- 7
- B Root
- D Minor 3rd
- F♯ Perfect 5th
About this chord
What is a B minor chord?
Bm is built from 3 notes: B (the root), D (the ♭3), F♯ (the 5). Darker and more inward than major, because of the minor third.
- Notes
- B · D · F♯
- Formula
- 1 · ♭3 · 5
- Also written
- Bmin · B-
- Found in
- vi in D major · ii in A major · iii in G major · i in B minor
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