How To Play Bm Piano Chord

The Bm piano chord is a great one to learn and have memorized. It's a minor chord and has the notes B D F#.

This one - the B minor chord - can feel a bit awkward to play sometimes and get you second-guessing you've got the right notes.

We'll go further into how to play it along with the following information:

Bm piano chord notes
Bm piano chord chart
Bm piano finger positions
how to play the B minor chord
Bm/D chord
Bm/F# chord
inversions for B minor chord
and some chord theory

Bm Piano Chord Notes

The Bm piano chord notes are B D F#.

You can play the full Bm chord in the left hand or you can play some of the notes, keeping B at the bottom. I often play B in my left hand and the chord in my right hand (with melody).

Bm Piano Chord Chart

Notes for B Minor Chord

How To Play Bm Chord On Piano (Video)

The B minor chord is a bit awkward with the F# up there. I'd suggest looking at the video below and seeing just how high I play the D. It makes it a little more comfortable.

This is how to play the Bm piano chord:

Bm Piano Chord Finger Positions

I'd recommend starting out playing the B minor chord with the standard finger positions - even if it feels weird. So using fingers 1, 3 and 5 (thumb, middle finger and pinkie).

Later on, depending on which chord you're coming from and which chord you're going to, you may want to use different fingers. And that's fine.

Bm/D Piano Chord

When you see a chord like Bm/D, you play the note after the slash or / in your left hand. This note is your bass note.

So for Bm/D, D is you bass note - lowest note in your left hand - and the rest of the notes go above that (either in your left hand or right hand).

Bm/F# Piano Chord

When you see Bm/F#, it means to play F# in your left hand as the lowest note and the rest of the B minor chord notes above that.

Bm Chord Piano Inversions

Learning to play the B minor chord in different inversions - different standard positions - is really helpful. Especially because the B minor chord can feel weird to play.

You might find that one of the inversions just feels better.

Just remember, when playing a song with chords and playing Bm, the B should be the lowest note unless indicated otherwise (Bm/D or Bm/F#). So the left hand will play these inversions less than the right hand would.

Inversions for B minor piano chord:

Root: B D F#

1st Inversion: D F# B

2nd Inversion: F# B D

Music Theory for B Minor Chord

The B minor chord shows up in a few keys like G, D and A. It's a pretty important chord in the key of D since it's the vi (6) chord.

The key signature for the key of B minor is 2 sharps - F# and C#. B minor and D major share a key signature.

The B minor chord is made up of the 1st, 3rd and 5th notes of the B minor scale.

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