Irish bouzouki Bm chord (GDAD)B minor: 4 4 2 0, and 4 more shapes
Frets, low course to high: 4 4 2 0 (open position)
- G course: 4th fret, ring finger (barre), B
- Low D course: 4th fret, ring finger (barre), F♯
- A course: 2nd fret, index finger, 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 (4 4 2 4) leaves the 3rd out, so it backs B major, mixolydian, dorian and minor tunes alike.
Tuning GDAD: G D A D, low to high.
The app starts on the Irish bouzouki in GDAD, so it opens on these shapes.
More Bm shapes
- 4 0 2 4
open - 4 0 5 4
open - 7 0 9 9
7fr · Bm/D - x 9 9 0
9fr
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 GDAD
Other minor chords
Bm in other tunings
All Irish bouzouki GDAD chords · Printable chart (PDF) · Tuning · The app