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Bm7 Guitar Chord

A soft, warm sound typical of jazz, neo-soul, R&B and bossa nova. Combines the minor mood with a relaxed seventh coloring.

Guitar

Strings X–2–4–2–3–2

How to play the Bm7 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–2–4–2–3–2 from the low E string to the high E string. Numbers in the pattern are frets; numbers in the colored dots are left-hand fingers. X means a muted string and 0 means an open string.

6th string (low E) Muted
5th string (A) Fret 2 · index finger
4th string (D) Fret 4 · ring finger
3rd string (G) Fret 2 · index finger
2nd string (B) Fret 3 · middle finger
1st string (high E) Fret 2 · index finger

Other names for the Bm7 chord

Other names: B minor 7th, Bmin7, B-7

Music theory name: minor seventh chord

Common name: B minor seven chord

Notes and intervals in the Bm7 chord

Note Interval
B Root
D Minor 3rd
F# Perfect 5th
A Minor 7th

All variations

Open
X–2–4–2–3–2
Fret 3
X–X–4–4–3–5
Fret 7
7–9–7–7–7–7
Fret 9
X–9–9–11–10–10
Fret 7
7–X–7–7–7–X
Open
2–2–4–2–3–2
Open
X–0–4–4–3–2
Open
X–2–4–2–3–X
Open
X–2–0–2–0–0
Open
X–X–4–2–3–2
Open
0–2–2–4–3–2
Open
2–2–4–0–2–2
Open
X–2–0–2–X–2

Songs using Bm7