About the Bm chord
Bm is a B minor chord built from B, D, F#. Soft and melancholic: the emotional counterpart to major. Adds depth and longing.
Root
B
Quality
Minor
Chord tones
B D F#
Shapes
2 · advanced
Notes & intervals
Every minor chord stacks the same intervals on its root. In Bm, that gives you:
B
root1
Home base. The root names the chord, and every other note is measured from it.
D
minor third♭3
The minor third is where the melancholy lives: it turns the chord dark and tender.
F#
perfect fifth5
The fifth adds weight and strength behind the root.
Bm appears naturally in the keys of D major, G major, A major.
Used in genres
Minor chords show up all over the progression catalog, most of all in these styles:
Character & mood
MelancholicSoft and melancholic: the emotional counterpart to major. Adds depth and longing.