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B♭7 Chord Guitar

The dominant that pulls to E♭, and the first chord of countless blues in B♭.

×ADGBEA#FG#DG#
Root3rd5th7th

Index finger barres the A and G strings at the 1st fret

×
Not played
E6th string
FretMuted
Finger
A#
Root
ABass5th string
Fret1
Finger1 index
F
5th
D4th string
Fret3
Finger2 middle
G#
7th
G3rd string
Fret1
Finger1 index
D
3rd
B2nd string
Fret3
Finger3 ring
G#
7th
e1st string
Fret4
Finger4 pinky
NotesA# – F – G# – D
Formula1 – 3 – 5 – ♭7
Voicingx13134
TonesA#×1·D×1·F×1·G#×2
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Questions about B♭7

What notes are in a B♭7 chord?

A B♭7 chord contains the notes A#, F, G#, D. It is built from the dominant 7th formula 1 - 3 - 5 - ♭7, with Bb as the root.

What does B♭7 resolve to?

E♭ major, most of the time. The ♭7 sits a semitone above E♭'s third and wants to fall into it, which is what gives dominant chords their forward lean. In a twelve-bar blues in B♭ the same chord is the tonic instead, and that tension simply never resolves — which is the point of the form.

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