Bm7/A 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. This is a slash chord — the bass note is A instead of the root.

Guitar

Strings X–0–4–2–3–2

How to play the Bm7/A chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–0–4–2–3–2 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) Open

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