Banjo Bm chord (Double C)B minor on the 5-string banjo: 2 4 2 4, and 3 more shapes

Bm chord chart for 5-string banjo in Double C tuning: 2 4 2 4, first position, with the short 5th string marked
Bm (B minor) on the 5-string banjo, Double C: 2 4 2 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 4 2 4 (first position)

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

Sounds: D B D F♯  ·  Bm is B, D, F♯ (1 · ♭3 · 5)

Found in: G major (iii), A major (ii), D major (vi), A mixolydian (ii), D mixolydian (vi), A dorian (ii)

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

Double C tuning: gCGCD, 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 Double C once in its Settings and it remembers.

More Bm shapes

  1. 4fr314gF♯BF♯D6 4 6 0
    4fr
  2. 6fr1214gF♯DF♯B6 7 6 9
    6fr
  3. 11fr111gBF♯BD11 11 11 0
    11fr

Other B chords in Double C

BBmB7Bm7Bmaj7B6Bsus4Bsus2Bdim

Other minor chords

GmAmDmCmBmEmFmB♭mE♭mF♯mC♯mA♭m

Bm in other tunings

Open GSawmillOpen DC Tuning

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