Irish bouzouki Bm chord (ADAD)B minor: 2 4 2 0, and 3 more shapes
Frets, low course to high: 2 4 2 0 (open position)
- Low A course: 2nd fret, index finger (barre), B
- Low D course: 4th fret, ring finger, F♯
- High A course: 2nd fret, index finger (barre), B
- High D course: open, D
Sounds: B F♯ B D · Bm is B, D, F♯ (1 · ♭3 · 5)
Found in: D major (vi), G major (iii), A major (ii), D mixolydian (vi), A mixolydian (ii), E mixolydian (v)
Open courses that ring: D is a note of Bm, so it can drone under it.
No 3rd: B5 (2 4 2 4) leaves the 3rd out, so it backs B major, mixolydian, dorian and minor tunes alike.
Tuning ADAD: A D A D, low to high.
The link can’t set the tuning: the app starts on the Irish bouzouki in GDAD. Choose ADAD once in its Settings and it remembers.
More Bm shapes
- 2 0 2 4
open - 2 0 5 4
open - 9 0 9 9
9fr · Bm/F#
Bm in session keys
- B dorian (i, a main chord): Bm – A – Bm
- B minor (i, a main chord): Bm – A – G – A
- D major (vi): D – Bm – G – A (a B part that wanders, or a song)
Other B chords, Irish bouzouki ADAD
Other minor chords
Bm in other tunings
All Irish bouzouki ADAD chords · Printable chart (PDF) · Tuning · The app