Bbm
How to play the B Flat Minor Chord on your piano or keyboard
From the chord symbol Bbm we get the following information:
- The Bbm chord has the note Bb as root note
- The Bbm chord is a 3-note chord (a triad)
- The Bbm chord is a minor chord
Because Bbm is a 3-note chord it also has 3 inversions:
- Root inversion
- 1st. inversion
- 2nd. inversion
Bbm chord – Root inversion (basic inversion) looks like this: Bb – Db – F
Bbm chord – 1st. inversion (root note at the top of the chord): Db – F – Bb
Bbm chord – 2nd. inversion (root note in the middle of the chord): F – Bb – Db
Bbm chord – fingering:
Root inversion:
| Finger | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Note | Bb | Db | F |
1st. inversion:
| Finger | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Note | Db | F | Bb |
2nd. inversion:
| Finger | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Note | F | Bb | Db |
Bbm chord – Closely related scales and harmonic functions:
The Bbm chord is the 1st. step in the Bb minor scale
| Step | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Chord | Bbm | Cm(b5) | Db | Ebm | Fm | Gb | Ab |
The Bbm chord is the 4th. step in the Fm minor scale
| Step | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Chord | Fm | Gm(b5) | Ab | Bbm | Cm | Db | Eb |
The Bbm chord is the 5th. step in the Eb minor scale
| Step | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Chord | Ebm | Fm(b5) | Gb | Ab | Bbm | B | Db |
The Bbm chord is the 6th. step in the D flat major scale
| Step | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Chord | Db | Ebm | Fm | Gb | Ab | Bbm | Cm(b5) |