B♭ Minor
B♭m
Notes
B♭ · D♭ · F
Intervals
- RootB♭ (1P)
- Minor 3rdD♭ (3m)
- Perfect 5thF (5P)
Fretboard
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Voicings & shapes
CAGED shapes (3)
Triad inversions (9)
Spread / open triads (8)
About
The B♭ minor triad (B♭–D♭–F) lowers the third by a half step, introducing a darker, more inward quality. It functions as the tonic of B♭ minor or as ii in A♭ major. The D♭ is the defining tone — it is what separates minor from major and from any sus chord that omits the third entirely. On guitar, the fifth can be omitted or doubled freely; root and ♭3 together are sufficient to establish the minor sound. Minor chords commonly precede dominants (B♭m7→E♭7→A♭Maj7 as ii–V–I) or move within minor diatonic harmony. Compared to B♭dim, minor is stable due to its perfect fifth; compared to B♭, it carries a more subdued, reflective quality.
Chord diagrams
Bb Minor voicing charts — tap a sheet to open it full size to save or print.
Similar chords
Chords sharing two or more notes with this one, ranked by overlap.
Scales containing this chord
- B♭ Blues (deg 1)
- B♭ Dorian (I)
- B♭ Harmonic Minor (I)
- B♭ Melodic Minor (I)
- B♭ Minor Pentatonic (deg 1)
- B♭ Natural Minor (I)
- B♭ Phrygian (I)
- A♭ Diminished (deg 2)
- A♭ Dorian (II)
- A♭ Major (II)
- A♭ Melodic Minor (II)
- A♭ Mixolydian (II)
- B Diminished (deg 8)
- B Lydian (VII)
- C Locrian (VII)
- C Phrygian (VII)
- D Diminished (deg 6)
- D Harmonic Minor (VI)
- D♭ Lydian (VI)
- D♭ Major (VI)
- D♭ Major Pentatonic (deg 5)
- D♭ Mixolydian (VI)
- E♭ Dorian (V)
- E♭ Mixolydian (V)
- E♭ Natural Minor (V)
- F Diminished (deg 4)
- F Harmonic Minor (IV)
- F Locrian (IV)
- F Natural Minor (IV)
- F Phrygian (IV)
- F♯ Lydian (III)
- F♯ Major (III)
- G Blues (deg 2)
- G Locrian (III)
Scales whose notes include every chord tone. The Roman numeral (or scale degree) marks the chord root’s position in the scale.