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Fig. 1 · Bbm7 on the keyboard

piano chord

B♭m7

B♭1D♭♭3F5A♭♭7

Minor triad with a minor seventh. The same four notes as a major sixth chord a third above.

Written the other way round it is A♯m7 — the same twelve keys on a piano, a different piece of notation.

on guitaron ukulelethe scale

What is true of it

B♭m7 is B♭, D♭, F and A♭ — 1, b3, 5 and b7 counted from B♭.

These are also the notes of D♭6/B♭ and C♯6/B♭. Which name is right depends on what is underneath and what came before — the notes alone do not decide.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 4, the 5 goes first, in that order.

B♭ in other shapes

B♭7dominant seventhB♭maj7major seventhB♭m(maj7)minor major seventhB♭majorB♭mminorB♭dimdiminished

Cm7C♯m7D♭m7Dm7D♯m7E♭m7Em7Fm7all 374