# Bm, the B minor guitar chord

B minor is the chord that pulls you past the open shapes, because so many songs simply need it. It’s the open Am grip carried up two frets: the index lies across five strings at the 2nd fret and the low E sits out of the strum, just like in Am. Give the B string under the barre an extra listen. It carries the note that makes this chord minor, and when it goes quiet the chord drifts toward plain B without you hearing why.

Bm

## How to play it

- Index finger flattened across the A string (5th) 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.
- Pinky on the G string (3rd), 4th fret.
- Don't strum the low E string (6th). It stays silent in this shape.

## Changes to practice

Holding Bm still is the easy part. Songs need you to _arrive_ at it in rhythm, so in Strumhold you practice Bm as changes, alongside the rest of the A-shape Barres set:

- [Bm ↔ B](https://strumhold.com/chords/b-major/) B minor to B major [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/B.maj.A~B.min.A)
- [Bm ↔ B♭](https://strumhold.com/chords/b-flat-major/) B minor to B♭ major [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/A%23.maj.A~B.min.A)
- [Bm ↔ C♯m](https://strumhold.com/chords/c-sharp-minor/) B minor to C♯ minor [Drill](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/B.min.A~C%23.min.A)

## Same root, different color

- [B](https://strumhold.com/chords/b-major/), B major
- [B7](https://strumhold.com/chords/b-7/), B dominant 7
- [Bm7](https://strumhold.com/chords/b-minor-7/), B minor 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 Bm in the app](https://strumhold.app/#/drill/pair/B.maj.A~B.min.A)