Bm7 piano chord — the keys, the inversions, the theory
Bm7 is a minor seventh chord built from B, D, F#, A. Below: the keys to press, every inversion with its own diagram, the intervals it is made of, the keys whose scale contains it, and a progression that actually uses it. Press any diagram to hear it.
Bm7
B · D · F# · A
Semitones above the root: 0 – 3 – 7 – 10
The third is minor — one semitone lower than in a major chord — which is where the darker colour comes from.
Inversions of Bm7
Root position
B · D · F# · A · bass B
Inversion 1
D · F# · A · B · bass D
Inversion 2
F# · A · B · D · bass F#
Inversion 3
A · B · D · F# · bass A
Same chord, different note at the bottom. Press a diagram to hear it — inversions are how you move between chords without jumping your hand across the keyboard.
Keys that contain Bm7
- Giii
- Dvi
- Aii
In D it does this job: I – V – vi – IV
- D
- A
- Bm7
- G