Banjo Bm7 chord (Open D)B minor seventh on the 5-string banjo: 0 3 2 0, and 6 more shapes

Bm7 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Open D tuning: 0 3 2 0, open position, with the short 5th string marked
Bm7 (B minor seventh) on the 5-string banjo, Open D: 0 3 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 3 2 0 (open position)

  1. String 4 (D): open, D
  2. String 3 (F♯): 3rd fret, middle finger, A
  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 A B D  ·  Bm7 is B, D, F♯, A (1 · ♭3 · 5 · ♭7)

The 5th string: the short f♯ is the 5th of Bm7, 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 Bm7 shapes

  1. 213f♯DABF♯0 3 2 4
    open
  2. 321f♯F♯ABD4 3 2 0
    open
  3. 21f♯DBAF♯0 5 0 4
    open
  4. 7fr3241f♯BDF♯A9 8 9 7
    7fr
  5. 9fr1f♯BF♯AD9 0 0 0
    9fr
  6. 14fr21f♯DABD0 15 14 0
    14fr

Other B chords in Open D

BBmB7Bm7Bmaj7B6Bsus4Bsus2Bdim

Other minor seventh chords

Gm7Am7Dm7Cm7Bm7Em7Fm7B♭m7

Bm7 in other tunings

Open GDouble CSawmillC Tuning

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