Bm7

B1D♭3F♯5A♭7

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

on guitar on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

4220

easy

Fig. 3

4250

easy · no 5

Fig. 4

4655

moderate

Fig. 5

4252

hard · no 5

Fig. 6

4255

hard · no 5

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.

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is 4220: 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.

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

Bm7/D

7979

second inversion

Bm7/F♯

bbac

third inversion

Bm7/A

2222

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

B7dominant seventh Bmaj7major seventh Bm(maj7)minor major seventh Bmajor Bmminor Bdimdiminished

Cm7 C♯m7 D♭m7 Dm7 D♯m7 E♭m7 Em7 Fm7 all 374