Banjo B♭m chord (Sawmill)B♭ minor on the 5-string banjo: 3 3 1 3, and 4 more shapes

Bbm chord chart for 5-string banjo in Sawmill tuning: 3 3 1 3, first position, with the short 5th string marked
Bbm (Bb minor) on the 5-string banjo, Sawmill: 3 3 1 3, 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: 3 3 1 3 (first position)

  1. String 4 (D): 3rd fret, middle finger, F
  2. String 3 (G): 3rd fret, ring finger, B♭
  3. String 2 (C): 1st fret, index finger, D♭
  4. String 1 (D): 3rd fret, little finger, F
  5. String 5, the short g: open, G, not in the chord

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

Found in: F♯ major (iii), D♭ major (vi), A♭ major (ii), E♭ mixolydian (v), D♭ mixolydian (vi), A♭ mixolydian (ii)

The 5th string: the short g adds the 6th over B♭m, a colour rather than a clash.

Sawmill tuning: gDGCD, 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 Sawmill once in its Settings and it remembers.

More B♭m shapes

  1. 5fr3214gB♭D♭FB♭8 6 5 8
    5fr
  2. 8fr1234gB♭FB♭D♭8 10 10 11
    8fr
  3. 10fr2113gD♭FB♭D♭11 10 10 11
    10fr
  4. 13fr2314gFB♭D♭F15 15 13 15
    13fr

Other B♭ chords in Sawmill

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

Other minor chords

GmAmDmCmBmEmFmB♭mE♭mF♯mC♯mA♭m

B♭m in other tunings

Open GDouble COpen DC Tuning

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