B Minor Guitar Chord [Easy]: 3 Ways To Play

The symbol “Bm”, or Bm guitar chord is an abbreviated way to write the B minor chord. This is a simple minor chord, also known as a minor triad, the B minor ... by TomasMichaud BMinorGuitarChord[Easy]:3WaysToPlay24 Comments August10,2017in ChordsAndStrumming Share 0 Tweet 0 Pin 0 UpdatedAugust2017WhatistheMeaningoftheSymbol"Bm"inguitar?Thesymbol“Bm”,orBmguitarchordisanabbreviatedwaytowritetheBminorchord.Thisisasimpleminorchord,alsoknownasaminortriad,theBminorchordnotesconsistofthreenotes…theBnote,theDnoteandtheF#note. QuickNavigation WhyistheBmsohardtoplay?WhatchordcanbeplayedinsteadofBm?IsthereaneasierwaytoplaytheBmchord?WhatisthebestBminorchordforbeginnerstouse?HowdoyouplayaBMajorchordonguitar?ArethereotherversionsoftheBmchord?HowdoyouplayaBmonguitar?EasyBmGuitarChord...3FingerVersionBMinorForm#2...4FingersBMinorBarChord WhyistheBmChordSoHardtoPlay?It’softenconsideredhardtoplayontheguitarbecausethemostcommonforminvolvesusingabarwithyourfirstfingeracrossallthestringsoftheguitar.However,itispossibletoplaytheBmchordwithoutabar.WhatChordCanBePlayedInsteadofBm?Thiswoulddependonthesituation.Inmostcases,itwouldbebesttoplayasimplerversionoftheBm(eitherthe3fingeror4fingerform)ifdifficultyweretheissue.ItispossibleinsomecasestosubstituteaDmajorchordinplaceoftheBminorchord.IsThereanEasierWaytoPlaytheBmChord?Yes…IoftenteachstudentswhatIcallthe3fingerversion.It’snotonlyeasierthatbutisusefulinsomecaseseveniftheycanplaythemoredifficultforms.WhatIstheBestBMinorChordForBeginnerstoUse?FormostbeginnersplayingonanacousticguitarIrecommendthe4fingerform(seebelow).Itismucheasierthanthebarchordversion,yetstillsoundsquitegood.SometimesIfinditbesttostartwiththe3fingerversion(seebelow)ifthestudentishavingaparticularlydifficulttimewithfingeringchords.OccasionallyI’llhaveastudentjumpinandstartwiththebarchordversioniftheyarealreadyabletoplaybarchords.Forthosewhoarecomfortablewithbarchordsit’sactuallyeasiertoplaytheBmthatway.HowDoYouPlayaBMajorChordonGuitar?BMajorisasimplemajorchord,alsoknownasamajortriad,composedofthreenotes…theBnote,theD#noteandtheF#note.YoucanlearnmoreabouthowtoplaytheBMajorchordatBMajorChord:3EasyWaysToPlayAreThereOtherVersionsoftheBmChord?Yes,therearemanyversionsoftheBmchord.ThereareversionsfortheBminorchordguitarfingerpositionallthewayuptheguitarneck.ThethreeversionsIteachinthislessonarethemostusefulandmostcommonlyused. HowDoYouPlayaBmChordonGuitar?TheBminor guitarchord isaveryusefulchordbutoftendifficultforbeginningguitarplayers.Itreallydoesn'tneedtobesodifficult.Myapproachistoteachstudentstheeasierchordfirstandthenbuilduptothemoredifficultforms.Thegoodpartisthateventheeasiestformsoundsgoodandwillalwaysbeuseful.Evenafteryou'vemasteredthemoredifficultformsoftheminoryou'llfindtimeswhenasimpleformisjustwhat'sneededfortheparticularsituation.There'snolostefforthere.Form#1:EasyBmGuitarChord...3FingerVersionThefirstandeasiestformusesthreefingersonthefirstthreestringsoftheguitar.Youcanalsoplaytheopenforcertain.Thefourthstring,orDnote,isapartoftheBminorchord.TakealookatthesimplestBmchorddiagramhere:Whenstrummingaimforthefirstfourstringsoftheguitar.Whilethefifthstringisnotapartofthechorditwon'tsoundtoobadifyouaccidentallyhititfromtimetotime.BMinorForm#2...4FingersThenextformIliketoteachisverysimilartothefirstone.Iaddonenotetothecourtandusethepinky.Mostpeoplefindthisformprettyeasyoncetheyareabletoplaythefirstone.Thisformcanbemovedaroundtheneckmoreeasilytoplayotherchordsbecauseofthefingeronthefourthstring.UsethechorddiagramforthesecondformofBm:BMinorForm#3-BarChordFinally,wegettothethirdformoftheBmguitarchord.Thebarchordhastheadvantageofbeingabletomoveallaroundthenecktocreatemanyotherminorchords.Thekeyistolearntomakethebaraccurately.Theeasiestwaytodothisistoprepareaheadoftime.IteachstudentsanexercisecalledtheBarChordExercisewhichstrengthenstheirfirstfingerandmakesplayinganybarchordeasier. Theideaistostartwiththeeasierformsandatthesametimepracticethebarchordexercise.Thenyousimplymakeabaracrosstheneckwiththefirstfingerandplaythesecondformofthechordwiththeotherthreefingers.ThisprogressionmakesitmucheasiertolearntheBminorbarchordthenjusttryingtotackleitthefirsttimearound.Italsousuallysoundsbetter.Here’sthe“EasyOrder”approachoflearning:1.StartwiththeEasyBmGuitarChord-3fingerform2.Practiceusingachordexerciseandpossiblyuseinasong3.AddtheBarChordExercisetoyourdailypractice4.Addthe2ndformofBmwiththe“pinky”5.Practicethe2ndform(4fingers)usingchordexercises6.AddtheBmBarChord(combinethebarwiththe2ndform)7.PracticeusingchordexercisesOneoftheimportantpointstokeepinmindisthattoreallylearnachordit'snotenoughtojustbeabletofingerthechord.Youmustbeabletomovefromonechordtoanother.Forthisreasonyou'llwanttopracticechordexercises.InotherwordsexercisesthathaveyouusingtheBminorinachordprogression.AgoodonetostartoffwithisabasicturnaroundinthekeyofD.Herethechords:Here'sthediagramfortheBMinorBarChord:OnceyoufeelconfidentwiththeBminorchorditwillopenthedoortoplayingmanymoresongsandhelpyoutofeelmoreconfidentaboutyourguitarplayingingeneral.Remember–withpatience,persistenceandgoodinstructionyou'llbeabletoplayawesomeguitar.Evenmoreimportantlyyoudeveloptheself-confidencetobeabletotakeonnewandexcitingchallenges.That'swhatmakeslifeandenjoyableadventure.LifeSaverFeelingstuck?Frustratedbylackofprogress?InTheBeginner’sJourneycourseI’lltakeyoustep-by-stepthroughaguitarlearningadventurethat’sguaranteedtogiveyourealresults.Bestofallit’sincludedatnoextrachargewithyourRealGuitarSuccessmembership.YoucanaccessBeginner’sJourneyhere(loginfirst),orfromyourHomeDashboard.Notamemberyet?Noproblem!Signupforthe14-daytrial >>RealGuitarSuccess…andgetstartednow.AddtoPinterest: Previous Next Abouttheauthor TomasMichaud Share 0 Tweet 0 Playingguitarandcreatingmusicisadreamcometrueforme.Iknowitcanbeforyoutoo.Youwouldn'tbegiventhedesiretoplaymusicifyoudidn'thavethecapacitytoachieveit.Ihelppeopleeverydayallovertheworldtoachievetheirdreamusingstep-by-stepsystemsthatI'vebeenrefiningforover40years.I'dliketohelpyou. MEETTOMAS LeaveaReplyCancelreplyYouremailaddresswillnotbepublished.RequiredfieldsaremarkedName***** Email***** Website PostComment Δ ThissiteusesAkismettoreducespam.Learnhowyourcommentdataisprocessed. NiceBmlesson.Fulllessonononecordvariation,nowthat’sfocus.ThanksTomasBmisn’tsohardafterall.Haveagreatweek.Mike Reply YesMike,you’reperfectlyright–Bmisn’tsohardafterall.Enjoyyourguitarplaying.Thankstoyou!🙂 Reply Brilliant–youmusthaveknowIwasstrugglingwiththebarchordversion! Puttingthebaracrosslastreallyseemstohelpaswell Thanks Reply HiBryan,areyoustillstrugglingnowwithbarrechords?Ihopeatthispointintime,notthathardanymore.Frequentpracticeisveryessentialbecausewiththat–youwillnevergowrong.Keeppracticingandgivemesomefeedback.Goodluck. Reply Tomas,thanksforthe“EasyBm”.IcanfinallyplayBmwithmyarthriticbabyfinger!Andausefulturnaroundtoo!Whatadeal. Reply Wow!Youaresuchaninspiration,Joe–justbepositivethatevenifyouhavethatarthriticbabyfinger,youcanstillbringoutthebestinyouinplayingguitar.Enjoymylessons.🙂 Reply Goodstuff!IamlookingforwardtoyourSpanishclass.Understandifitcreepsintothenextyear,butIwillbeready. Thanksmuch. Richard Reply YouarewelcomeRichard.Lookslikeitwill“creep”intonextyear.It’slookinggood.Ikeepthinkingofthingstoadd🙂 Reply thanksalottomassirforprovidingyourmostvaluabletipsforguitarlearning🙂sirimfromINDIA,nhavestartedlearningguitaraweekagobyyourvideos.theyarelikeboonforme.weneedneedyourblessingssir🙂 Reply Whatagreatvideobm/Aneverknewit! 3lessonsinonelittlevideo Reply GladyoulikeditJack.-Tomas Reply Hi, Isn’tthatbarrechordanF#mchordastherootisonthe6thstring?Shouldn’ttherootbeontheAstring?Confusedhere🙂 Reply Yes,therootistheBnoteonthe5thstring(Astring). Reply ThankyouMikeithashelpedmealotyouareagreatteacher Reply You’rewelcomeJack. –Tomas Reply THANKYOUSOMUCH!<3 Reply GreathelpwiththeBmchord.Thankyousomuch.Youhavemademylife(andmyguitarplaying)somucheasier.Soeasytounderstandandcarryout.Manythanks. Reply You’reverywelcomePauline.GladIcouldhelp.-Tomas Reply I’vebeenplayingforaboutayear.Icancomfortablyplayandsingabout20songswithopenchords,butbarrechordshavebeenabigchallenge.Icanplaythemveryslowoneatatime,butwhenItrytomovebetweenbarrechordsoropenandabarrechordinasong,Igetmostlydeadstrings.Greattutorialonbuildingthedexterityneededtobarre;thankyou.Iwillbeusingit.Iamdeterminedtogetthere. Reply HiTom, You’vecometotherightplace.Keepgoingonestepatatime.You’reheadedintherightdirection! –Aimee CustomerCare Reply greatvideolesson,veryuserfriendly Reply ThanksLolo.I’mgladyoufoundthishelpful.–Tomas Reply Yourarticleisreallyappreciated.YouhaveexplainedalltheaspectsoftheBminorchordverywell.Thankyouverymuchforthisarticle Reply ThankstoyouTomasIcannowplayaneasierBmchordtoabeautifuloldfolksongwhichIsingtoo.Blackisthecolour.Ihaveanothersonginmypartypiecelist.Ifindgettinggoingreallyhardbutsingingtothismakesitarealjoy. Reply {"email":"Emailaddressinvalid","url":"Websiteaddressinvalid","required":"Requiredfieldmissing"}