# Bm7, the B minor 7 guitar chord

Bm7 is the open Am7 grip moved up two frets: the index barres five strings at the 2nd fret and the low E stays out of the strum. It is Bm with the pinky lifted off the G string, so that string now rings under the barre alone. The lift takes the weight out of the chord. Where Bm pulls a song down, Bm7 just leans, and songs in D and A use it constantly. The G string is the note that makes it a seventh, so pick it by itself before you strum.

Bm7

## How to play it

- Index finger flattened across the A string (5th), G string (3rd) and high E string (1st), 2nd fret.
- Middle finger on the B string (2nd), 3rd fret.
- Ring finger on the D string (4th), 4th fret.
- Don't strum the low E string (6th). It stays silent in this shape.

## Changes to practice

Holding Bm7 still is the easy part. Songs need you to _arrive_ at it in rhythm, so in Strumhold you practice Bm7 as changes, alongside the rest of the Barre Minor 7ths set:

- [Bm7 ↔ G♯m7](https://strumhold.com/chords/g-sharp-minor-7/) B minor 7 to G♯ minor 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/B.min7.A~G%23.min7.E)
- [Bm7 ↔ C♯m7](https://strumhold.com/chords/c-sharp-minor-7/) B minor 7 to C♯ minor 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/B.min7.A~C%23.min7.A)
- [Bm7 ↔ Fm7](https://strumhold.com/chords/f-minor-7/) B minor 7 to F minor 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/B.min7.A~F.min7.E)
- [Bm7 ↔ F♯m7](https://strumhold.com/chords/f-sharp-minor-7/) B minor 7 to F♯ minor 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/B.min7.A~F%23.min7.E)
- [Bm7 ↔ B♭m7](https://strumhold.com/chords/b-flat-minor-7/) B minor 7 to B♭ minor 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/A%23.min7.A~B.min7.A)
- [Bm7 ↔ E♭m7](https://strumhold.com/chords/e-flat-minor-7/) B minor 7 to E♭ minor 7 [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/B.min7.A~D%23.min7.A)

## Same root, different color

- [Bm](https://strumhold.com/chords/b-minor/), B minor
- [B](https://strumhold.com/chords/b-major/), B major
- [B7](https://strumhold.com/chords/b-7/), B dominant 7
- [Bmaj7](https://strumhold.com/chords/b-major-7/), B major 7

## Hear yourself get faster

Strumhold listens to your guitar through your device's mic, a headset, or a line-in from your audio interface. You drill a chord change to a metronome and it scores every single change. Free, no account, works offline.

[Drill Bm7 in the app](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/B.min7.A~G%23.min7.E)