B♭7 chord on guitar
B♭ dominant seventh · formula 1 – 3 – 5 – ♭7
Fingerings for B♭7
From thick (left) to thin (right). × = don't play, ○ = open string, orange = root B♭. A number on the left shows the starting fret.
Notes in B♭7
- B♭ (1)
- D (3)
- F (5)
- A♭ (♭7)
About this chord
The dominant seventh chord builds tension that wants to resolve to the chord a fourth higher. It is also the blues chord: in a 12-bar blues all three chords are seventh chords.