x 1 3 1 2 1
Bbm7
Notes: Bb · Db · F · Ab
Also spelled A#m7
Triads
Suspended
Sevenths
Extensions
Common shapes (3)
6 8 6 6 6 6
x x 8 10 9 9
Other shapes (21)
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x 1 3 1 2 x
6 4 6 6 x x
x 1 x 1 2 1
6 4 6 3 x x
6 x 6 6 6 x
6 8 6 6 x x
x 1 x 1 2 4
x 1 x 3 2 4
x 1 3 x 2 4
6 4 6 x 6 x
x x 8 6 9 6
x x 8 6 9 9
About Bbm7
The Bbm7 chord is made up of Bb (root), Db (minor third), F (perfect fifth) and Ab (minor seventh). In scale degrees above the root, the formula is 1 – b3 – 5 – b7. It is a minor seventh chord: it keeps the melancholy of the minor chord, but softer and closer to jazz.
On guitar, Bbm7 has 3 common shapes: the A, E and D shapes. These are CAGED system shapes, the basis for playing the same chord anywhere on the neck. There are 21 more voicings sorted by difficulty; use the viewer switches to add inversions and stretches. Bbm7 is also written as A#m7: the same chord with the root spelled differently, and it sounds identical. The more common spelling is Bbm7.