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

Bbm is a minor chord built from Bb, Db, F. 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.

Bbm

Bb · Db · F

Piano keyboardC4C5

Semitones above the root: 0 – 3 – 7

The third is minor — one semitone lower than in a major chord — which is where the darker colour comes from.

Inversions of Bbm

  • Root position

    Bb · Db · F · bass Bb

  • Inversion 1

    Db · F · Bb · bass Db

  • Inversion 2

    F · Bb · Db · bass F

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 Bbm

  • Dbvi
  • Abii
  • F#iii

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

  1. Db
  2. Ab
  3. Bbm
  4. Gb

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