Banjo Bm chord (Open D)B minor on the 5-string banjo: 0 0 2 0, and 6 more shapes

Bm chord chart for 5-string banjo in Open D tuning: 0 0 2 0, open position, with the short 5th string marked
Bm (B minor) on the 5-string banjo, Open D: 0 0 2 0, 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: 0 0 2 0 (open position)

  1. String 4 (D): open, D
  2. String 3 (F♯): open, F♯
  3. String 2 (A): 2nd fret, index finger, B
  4. String 1 (D): open, D
  5. String 5, the short f♯: open, F♯, in the chord

Sounds: D F♯ B D  ·  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 f♯ is the 5th of Bm, so let it ring.

Open D tuning: f♯DF♯AD, 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 Open D once in its Settings and it remembers.

More Bm shapes

  1. 13f♯DF♯BF♯0 0 2 4
    open
  2. 31f♯F♯F♯BD4 0 2 0
    open
  3. 231f♯DBDF♯0 5 5 4
    open
  4. 4fr1231f♯F♯BDF♯4 5 5 4
    4fr
  5. 8fr2134f♯BDF♯B9 8 9 9
    8fr
  6. 12fr132f♯DF♯BD12 0 14 12
    12fr

Other B chords in Open D

BBmB7Bm7Bmaj7B6Bsus4Bsus2Bdim

Other minor chords

GmAmDmCmBmEmFmB♭mE♭mF♯mC♯mA♭m

Bm in other tunings

Open GDouble CSawmillC Tuning

All Open D banjo chords · Printable chart (PDF) · How to tune · The app