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

Bm7 chord chart for 5-string banjo in Open G tuning: 0 2 0 4, open position, with the short 5th string marked
Bm7 (B minor seventh) on the 5-string banjo, Open G: 0 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: 0 2 0 4 (open position)

  1. String 4 (D): open, D
  2. String 3 (G): 2nd fret, index finger, 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.

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 Bm7 shapes

  1. 1gDABD0 2 0 0
    open · no 5th
  2. 31gF♯ABD4 2 0 0
    open
  3. 4fr134gDBF♯A0 4 7 7
    4fr
  4. 7fr3111gBDF♯A9 7 7 7
    7fr
  5. 9fr132gBF♯AD9 11 10 0
    9fr
  6. 12fr132gDABD12 14 0 12
    12fr · no 5th

Other B chords in Open G

BBmB7Bm7Bmaj7B6Bsus4Bsus2Bdim

Other minor seventh chords

Gm7Am7Dm7Cm7Bm7Em7Fm7B♭m7

Bm7 in other tunings

Double CSawmillOpen DC Tuning

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