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How to play the Bbm7 piano chord

(Basic Bbm7 piano chord and Inversions of the Bbm7 piano chord)

  • Chord symbol: Bbm7
  • The Bbm7 chord is a 4-note-chord (a tetrad)
  • A minor-seventh chord consists of 4 notes: Root note, Minor third, Fifth, Minor seventh
  • The 4 notes in the Bbm7 chord are: Bb – Db – F – Ab
  • A minor-seventh chord can basically be played in root position and 3 inversions (Total of 4 positions): Root note at the bottom, Minor 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 Bbm7 piano chord in the 4 positions.

Bbm7 Piano Chord. Root position (Root note at the bottom)
Bbm7 Piano Chord. Root position (Root note at the bottom)

 

Bbm7 Piano Chord. 1st. Inversion (Minor third at the bottom)
Bbm7 Piano Chord. 1st. Inversion (Minor third at the bottom)

 

Bbm7 Piano Chord. 2nd. Inversion (Fifth at the bottom)
Bbm7 Piano Chord. 2nd. Inversion (Fifth at the bottom)

 

Bbm7 Piano Chord. 3rd. Inversion (Minor seventh at the bottom)
Bbm7 Piano Chord. 3rd. Inversion (Minor seventh at the bottom)

 

More on the Bbm7 chord

  • The Bbm7 chord is step 1 in the Bb minor (aeolian) scale.
  • The Bbm7 chord is step 6 in the Db major (ionian) scale

The Bb minor (aeolian) scale consists of the notes: Bb – C – Db – Eb – F – Gb – Ab – (Bb)
The Db major (ionian) scale consists of the notes: Db – Eb – F – Gb – Ab – Bb – C – (Db)

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