B Minor Chord on Mountain Dulcimer

The B Minor chord is a darker, melancholic minor triad that anchors countless songs. It is built from the notes B, D, F#. This page shows how to play B Minor on Mountain Dulcimer with clear fretboard diagrams and suggested finger positions.

Both D strings ring open in the lowest shape, with the remaining notes fretted at fret 1. B falls on the A string. It sounds from D3 up to D4.

Mountain Dulcimer is tuned D–A–D, with frets 1 to 17 laid out diatonically plus the 6+ and 13+ frets — D#, F and A# sound nowhere on it. Only the chords and notes its diatonic frets reach are charted, and the 6+ fret (between 6 and 7) counts as a fret of its own.

Browse alternate voicings to find the one that sits best under your fingers, then compare it with the other chord types built on B or explore the same shape in nearby keys. The diagrams list the notes in each voicing so you can connect the shape to the theory behind it.