Banjo Bm7 chord (C Tuning)B minor seventh on the 5-string banjo: 2 2 0 4, and 6 more shapes

Bm7 chord chart for 5-string banjo in C Tuning tuning: 2 2 0 4, open position, with the short 5th string marked
Bm7 (B minor seventh) on the 5-string banjo, C Tuning: 2 2 0 4, string 4 to string 1. Fingers are numbered on the dots; copper marks the root; the green ring on the left is the 5th string, solid when it’s in the chord.

Frets, string 4 to string 1: 2 2 0 4 (open position)

  1. String 4 (C): 2nd fret, index finger (barre), D
  2. String 3 (G): 2nd fret, index finger (barre), A
  3. String 2 (B): open, B
  4. String 1 (D): 4th fret, ring finger, F♯
  5. String 5, the short g: open, G, not in the chord

Sounds: D A B F♯  ·  Bm7 is B, D, F♯, A (1 · ♭3 · 5 · ♭7)

The 5th string: the short g rubs against the F♯ in this shape, a semitone away: some players let it ring, some skip it.

C Tuning tuning: gCGBD, the short 5th string first, then strings 4 to 1.

Hear it in the app ›

The link can’t set the tuning: the app starts in open G. Choose C Tuning once in its Settings and it remembers.

More Bm7 shapes

  1. 11gDABD2 2 0 0
    open · no 5th
  2. 6fr123gF♯DBA6 7 0 7
    6fr
  3. 6fr1243gF♯DAB6 7 10 9
    6fr
  4. 10fr231gBF♯AD11 11 10 0
    10fr
  5. 12fr341gDABD14 14 0 12
    12fr · no 5th
  6. 14fr11gDABD14 14 0 0
    14fr · no 5th

Other B chords in C Tuning

BBmB7Bm7Bmaj7B6Bsus4Bsus2Bdim

Other minor seventh chords

Gm7Am7Dm7Cm7Bm7Em7Fm7B♭m7

Bm7 in other tunings

Open GDouble CSawmillOpen D

All C Tuning banjo chords · Printable chart (PDF) · How to tune · The app