The Great Thing About This Bm7 Guitar Chord Lesson Is That You Don’t Need To Play Barre Chords If You Don’t Want To. You Learn The 4 Standard Chord Shapes Which Almost Every Guitarist At A Certain Level Can Play.
For This Lesson You Need To Know How To Read Chord Diagrams.
And Make Sure You Go Through My Ultimate Guide On How To Play Guitar Chords Right. There You’ll Discover Many Awesome Tips And Tricks For Guitar Beginners Who Wanna Start With Playing Chords.
A Well Tuned Guitar Is Never A Bad Idea As Well. You Can Learn To Tune Your Guitar Here.
Ok, Lets Get To Work!
Chord Info Box: Bm7
Chord Type: Minor Seventh (II m7,III m7, VI m7)
Can Be Found In The Following Keys: G-Major, D-Major, A-Major
Note Structure:
Root Note B
Minor Third D
Perfect Fifth F#
Minor Seventh A
The Bm7 Guitar Chord – The Non Barre Chord Shape V1
Bm7 Chord Diagram
The Tricky Thing Might Be To Mute The Open E String Or To Not Mute The Open D String With Your Index Finger.
It’s Not That Big Of A Deal If You Can’t Hear The D String. Focus More On Avoiding The Low E String.
You Can Do That With Your Thumb Or By Slightly Touching It With Your Index Finger.
The Guitar Chord Bm7 – The Non Barre Chord Shape V2
Bm7 Chord Diagram
This One Here Is Relatively Easy. The Only Thing You Have Take Care Of Is The Muting Of The A String And The High E String.
But Even That Shouldn’t Be A Big Issue Because The Fingers Are Relatively Close Together So That You Can Touch Both Strings To Mute Them.
It’s Possible To Mute Both With Just The Index Finger. But You Can Try To Mute The High E String With The 4th Finger, If You Prefer.
The B Minor Seven Chord – The Barre Chord Shape V1
Bm7 Chord Diagram
The Best Tip I Can Give You Here Is To Fret The Barre With Your Index Finger Across Five Strings Instead Of Six Strings. Therefore, It’s A Little Bit Less Exhausting. Avoid Definitely The Low E String From Ringing. For That You Got Two Options:
- 1st Don’t Strum That String With Your Strumming Hand
- 2nd Mute That String With Your Index Finger Or “Wrap” Your Thumb Around The Neck And Mute It By Slightly Touching The String. (This Is Only Possible On Guitars With Smaller Sized Necks Like Electric Guitars Or Acoustics With Steel Strings. Forget It, If You Play A Classical Nylon String Guitar.)
If You Have A Really Hard Time Playing Barre Chords In General, Then I Can Warmly Recommend You This Lesson Here. There You Will Learn An Effective Way To Tackle These Nasty Barre Chords Once And For All.
The B Minor Seven Chord – The Barre Chord Shape V2
Bm Chord7 Diagram
This One Here Is Simple And Broadly Used In Many Styles. You Can Strum Across All Six Strings. So Don’t Worry About Muting Any Strings.
So What’s Next?
I Think We Have ‘Em All. I Hope That This Lesson Here Was Helpful In Some Way Or The Other.
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