B♭ minor chord
B♭m
- B♭R
- D♭♭3
- F5
Barre · Am shape · 1st fret
What each note does
- B♭ is the root. It names the chord and is the note your ear hears as home.
- D♭ is the minor third, a half step below the major third (D). That one note is the whole difference between sad and happy.
- F is the fifth. It adds weight without changing the character, so it is the first note to drop when a voicing gets crowded.
More voicings
Barre · Em shape · 6th fret
Triad · top 3 strings · 6th fret
Progressions that use B♭m
- Open in builder →
i–iv–v–i · F minor · Minor folk
FmB♭mCmFm
- Open in builder →
i–VII–VI–v · B♭ minor · Andalusian
B♭mA♭G♭Fm
- Open in builder →
I–V–vi–IV · D♭ major · Pop
D♭A♭B♭mG♭