Easy Ways To Play The Bbm7 Guitar Chord
Welcome to our tutorial on the Bb m7 chord, a beautiful member of the Minor Chords family. This chord, like all m7 chords, is composed of four unique notes: the root, minor third, perfect fifth, and minor seventh. In the case of the Bb m7, these notes are Bb, Db, F, and Ab respectively.
The intervals that make up this chord are the 1 (root), b3 (minor third), 5 (perfect fifth), and b7 (minor seventh). This chord is built by stacking these intervals on top of each other, a concept you can learn more about in our tutorial on building chords by stacking intervals.
Understanding the intervals that compose a chord is crucial, as it helps you to navigate the fretboard and create different chord shapes. To delve deeper into this topic, check out our tutorial about fretboard intervals.
Our tutorial will provide you with chord diagrams and fretboard patterns that visually represent the tones composing the Bb m7 chord. This visual representation makes it easier for you to learn and memorize the chord. For more advanced chords, you might want to visit our tutorial about intermediate guitar chords.
Lastly, the Bb m7 chord is often used in jazz chord progressions. To learn how to use this chord in context, you might find our tutorial about jazz chord progressions useful.
Happy playing!
Bb m7 chord Notes:
BbDbFAb
Chord Formula:
Bb Minor Seventh Guitar Chord Diagrams
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If you have difficulties with bar chord shapes, check the Bar Chords Tips tutorial.
You can also use this accessible chords page with written diagrams instruction.
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You can find more shapes in our all guitar chords online library. If you prefer a printable pdf, download
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Play This Chord With Other Roots
C m7 | D m7 | E m7 | F m7 | G m7 | A m7 | B m7 | C#m7 | D#m7 | F#m7 | G#m7 | A#m7 | Abm7 | Bbm7 | Dbm7 | Ebm7 | Gbm7
Chord tones in the Bb m7 chord
You can create any fingering you like on any part of the fretboard, just play some of the chord tones shown in the map below. Some shapes will sound good, some less, let your ears decide!