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B minor chord

Symbol: Bm · Notes: B – D – F♯

Darker and more wistful than the major chord: a single note changes, the third, one semitone lower (3 semitones above the root).

How it is built

• B: root
• D: minor third
• F♯: perfect fifth

Fingering: right hand 1 3 5, left hand 5 3 1 (1 = thumb, 5 = pinky).

Its inversions

• Root position: B – D – F♯
• 1st inversion: D – F♯ – B
• 2nd inversion: F♯ – B – D

In which keys

• VI in D major
• III in G major
• II in A major
• V (dominant) in E minor
• IV (subdominant) in F♯ minor
• I (tonic) in B minor

Other B chords

B · B7 · Bmaj7 · Bm7 · Bsus2 · Bsus4 · Bdim · B+ · B6 · Bm6 · Badd9 · Bdim7 · Bm7♭5

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