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How to play the Bb7 piano chord

(Basic Bb7 piano chord and Inversions of the Bb7 piano chord)

  • Chord symbol: Bb7
  • The Bb7 chord is a 4-note-chord (a tetrad)
  • A seventh chord consists of 4 notes: Root note, Major third, Fifth, Minor seventh
  • The 4 notes in the Bb7 chord are: Bb – D – F – Ab
  • A seventh chord can basically be played in root position and 3 inversions (Total of 4 positions): Root note at the bottom, Major third at the bottom, The fifth at the bottom, Minor 7th. at the bottom.

 

In these piano chord charts you can see how to play the Bb7 piano chord in the 4 positions.

Bb7 Piano Chord. Root position (Root note at the bottom)
Bb7 Piano Chord. Root position (Root note at the bottom)

 

Bb7 Piano Chord. 1st. Inversion (Major third at the bottom)
Bb7 Piano Chord. 1st. Inversion (Major third at the bottom)

 

Bb7 Piano Chord. 2nd. Inversion (Fifth at the bottom)
Bb7 Piano Chord. 2nd. Inversion (Fifth at the bottom)

 

Bb7 Piano Chord. 3rd. Inversion (Minor seventh at the bottom)
Bb7 Piano Chord. 3rd. Inversion (Minor seventh at the bottom)

More on the Bb7 chord

  • The Bb7 chord is step 1 in the Bb mixolydian scale.
  • The Bb7 chord is step 5 (dominant) in the Eb major (ionian) scale

The Bb mixolydian scale consists of the notes: Bb – C – D – Eb – F – G – Ab – (Bb)
The Eb major (ionian) scale consists of the notes: Eb – F – G – Ab – Bb – C – D – (Eb)

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