Banjo Bm7 chord (Sawmill)B minor seventh on the 5-string banjo: 0 4 6 7, and 3 more shapes
Frets, string 4 to string 1: 0 4 6 7 (from the 4th fret)
- String 4 (D): open, D
- String 3 (G): 4th fret, index finger, B
- String 2 (C): 6th fret, ring finger, F♯
- String 1 (D): 7th fret, little finger, A
- String 5, the short g: open, G, not in the chord
Sounds: D B F♯ A · 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.
Sawmill tuning: gDGCD, the short 5th string first, then strings 4 to 1.
The link can’t set the tuning: the app starts in open G. Choose Sawmill once in its Settings and it remembers.
More Bm7 shapes
- 9 7 6 7
6fr - 9 11 9 0
9fr - 12 14 11 12
11fr · no 5th
Other B chords in Sawmill
Other minor seventh chords
Bm7 in other tunings
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