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E A D G B E

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Capo

Where to capo for B minor

Put the capo at fret 7 and play B minor using E minor shapes. That is the easiest of the eight positions ranked below, and it is what most players reach for. Against playing B minor open, it drops the mean difficulty of the key's seven chords from 3.9 to 3.4 and gains 0 ringing open strings.

The short answer

You want B. Capo 7 and play in E.

19 open stringsdifficulty 3.4

All eight positions, ranked

Each row transposes B minor down by that many frets to find the shapes your hand would actually make, then scores the best voicing of all seven chords — fewer fingers, less stretch, closer to the nut, fewer muted strings. Lower is easier. Standard tuning (E2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4).

CapoShapes you playOpen stringsDifficulty
7E minor193.4
2A minor193.4
NoneB minor193.9
5F# minor144.3
3G# minor85.2
4G minor65.6
6E# minor26.2
1A# minor06.3

What you are playing

The seven chords of B minor are Bm, C#dim, D, Em, F#m, G, A — the ones the ranking above is scored against. Their diagrams are on the B minor key page.

Capo for a nearby key

Open B minor in the capo advisor →