Where to capo for Bb minor
Put the capo at fret 6 and play Bb 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 Bb minor open, it drops the mean difficulty of the key's seven chords from 6.3 to 3.4 and gains 19 ringing open strings.
You want Bb. Capo 6 and play in E.
All eight positions, ranked
Each row transposes Bb 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).
What you are playing
The seven chords of Bb minor are Bbm, Cdim, Db, Ebm, Fm, Gb, Ab — the ones the ranking above is scored against. Their diagrams are on the Bb minor key page.