Bbmaj7 piano chord — the keys, the inversions, the theory

Bbmaj7 is a major seventh chord built from Bb, D, F, A. Below: the keys to press, every inversion with its own diagram, the intervals it is made of, the keys whose scale contains it, and a progression that actually uses it. Press any diagram to hear it.

Bbmaj7

Bb · D · F · A

Piano keyboardC4C5

Semitones above the root: 0 – 4 – 7 – 11

A major third at the bottom is what makes this bright and settled.

Inversions of Bbmaj7

  • Root position

    Bb · D · F · A · bass Bb

  • Inversion 1

    D · F · A · Bb · bass D

  • Inversion 2

    F · A · Bb · D · bass F

  • Inversion 3

    A · Bb · D · F · bass A

Same chord, different note at the bottom. Press a diagram to hear it — inversions are how you move between chords without jumping your hand across the keyboard.

Keys that contain Bbmaj7

  • BbI
  • FIV

In Bb it does this job: I – V – vi – IV

  1. Bbmaj7
  2. F
  3. Gm
  4. Eb

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