Irish bouzouki Bm7 chord (GDAE)B minor seventh: 4 0 0 2, and 5 more shapes

Bm7 chord chart for Irish bouzouki in GDAE tuning: 4 0 0 2, open position
Bm7 (B minor seventh) on the Irish bouzouki, GDAE: 4 0 0 2, low course to high. Fingers are numbered on the dots; brass marks the root.

Frets, low course to high: 4 0 0 2 (open position)

  1. G course: 4th fret, ring finger, B
  2. D course: open, D
  3. A course: open, A
  4. E course: 2nd fret, index finger, F♯

Sounds: B D A F♯  ·  Bm7 is B, D, F♯, A (1 · ♭3 · 5 · ♭7)

Open courses that ring: D and A are notes of Bm7, so they can drone under it.

Tuning GDAE: G D A E, low to high. The octave mandolin uses the same tuning, so these shapes fit it too.

Hear it in the app ›

The link can’t set the tuning: the app starts on the Irish bouzouki in GDAD. Choose GDAE once in its Settings and it remembers.

More Bm7 shapes

  1. 211ADBF♯2 0 2 2
    open · Bm7/A
  2. 314BDBA4 0 2 5
    open · no 5th
  3. 4fr1123BF♯DA4 4 5 5
    4fr
  4. 7fr12DDAB7 0 0 7
    7fr · no 5th, Bm7/D
  5. 9fr312F♯BAD11 9 0 10
    9fr · Bm7/F#

Other B chords, Irish bouzouki GDAE

BBmB7Bm7B5Bsus2Bsus4Bmaj7Badd9

Other minor seventh chords

Dm7Gm7Am7Em7Bm7Cm7Fm7F♯m7

Bm7 in other tunings

Irish bouzouki, GDADIrish bouzouki, ADADMandolin, GDAE

All Irish bouzouki GDAE chords · Printable chart (PDF) · Tuning · The app