Banjo B♭m7 chord (Open G)B♭ minor seventh on the 5-string banjo: 8 6 6 6, and 2 more shapes

Bbm7 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Open G tuning: 8 6 6 6, from the 6th fret, with the short 5th string marked
Bbm7 (Bb minor seventh) on the 5-string banjo, Open G: 8 6 6 6, 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: 8 6 6 6 (from the 6th fret)

  1. String 4 (D): 8th fret, ring finger, B♭
  2. String 3 (G): 6th fret, index finger (barre), D♭
  3. String 2 (B): 6th fret, index finger (barre), F
  4. String 1 (D): 6th fret, index finger (barre), A♭
  5. String 5, the short g: open, G, not in the chord

Sounds: B♭ D♭ F A♭  ·  B♭m7 is B♭, D♭, F, A♭ (1 · ♭3 · 5 · ♭7)

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

Open G tuning: gDGBD, the short 5th string first, then strings 4 to 1.

Hear it in the app ›

The app starts in open G, so it opens on these shapes.

More B♭m7 shapes

  1. 8fr1324gB♭FA♭D♭8 10 9 11
    8fr
  2. 11fr1311gD♭A♭B♭D♭11 13 11 11
    11fr · no 5th

Other B♭ chords in Open G

B♭B♭mB♭7B♭m7B♭maj7B♭6B♭sus4B♭sus2B♭dimB♭aug

Other minor seventh chords

Gm7Am7Dm7Cm7Bm7Em7Fm7B♭m7

B♭m7 in other tunings

Double CSawmillOpen DC Tuning

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