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Fig. 1 · Bm7 on the keyboard

piano chord

Bm7

B1D♭3F♯5A♭7

Minor triad with a minor seventh. The same four notes as a major sixth chord a third above.

on guitaron ukulelethe scale

What is true of it

Bm7 is B, D, F♯ and A — 1, b3, 5 and b7 counted from B.

These are also the notes of D6/B. Which name is right depends on what is underneath and what came before — the notes alone do not decide.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 4, the 5 goes first, in that order.

B in other shapes

B7dominant seventhBmaj7major seventhBm(maj7)minor major seventhBmajorBmminorBdimdiminished

Cm7C♯m7D♭m7Dm7D♯m7E♭m7Em7Fm7all 374