A♯ / B♭ chords on guitar

About the B♭ chords on guitar

All chords on this page share the root B♭. The plainest of them is B flat major, built from B♭–D–F; G minor is its relative minor key.

B♭ appears in F major (IV), B flat major (I), E flat major (V), D minor (VI).

Triads are three-note chords, the backbone of most songs. The B♭ triads are B♭ (B♭–D–F), B♭m (B♭–D♭–F), B♭5 (B♭–F), B♭dim (B♭–D♭–F♭), B♭aug (B♭–D–F♯).

Seventh chords add a fourth note, a seventh above the root, for a richer or more tense sound: B♭7 (B♭–D–F–A♭), B♭maj7 (B♭–D–F–A), B♭m7 (B♭–D♭–F–A♭), B♭dim7 (B♭–D♭–F♭–A𝄫), B♭m7♭5 (B♭–D♭–F♭–A♭), B♭m(maj7) (B♭–D♭–F–A), B♭aug7 (B♭–D–F♯–A♭).

Extended and added-note chords stack a sixth, ninth, eleventh or thirteenth on top. On B♭: B♭add9 (B♭–D–F–C), B♭m(add9) (B♭–D♭–F–C), B♭6 (B♭–D–F–G), B♭m6 (B♭–D♭–F–G), B♭9 (B♭–D–F–A♭–C), B♭m9 (B♭–D♭–F–A♭–C), B♭maj9 (B♭–D–F–A–C), B♭11 (B♭–D–F–A♭–C–E♭), B♭13 (B♭–D–F–A♭–C–G), B♭7♯9 (B♭–D–F–A♭–C♯), B♭7♭9 (B♭–D–F–A♭–C♭), B♭6/9 (B♭–D–F–G–C), B♭add11 (B♭–D–F–E♭).

Suspended chords replace the third with a second or fourth, so they sound open and unresolved: B♭sus2 (B♭–C–F), B♭sus4 (B♭–E♭–F), B♭7sus4 (B♭–E♭–F–A♭), B♭9sus4 (B♭–E♭–F–A♭–C).

On guitar, many B♭ chords can be played as an open shape or as a barre chord higher up the neck. The diagrams show the most comfortable shape; each chord page has several more, a capo option and strumming patterns.

Chords marked "diagram only" are less common and do not have their own page yet; the diagram and the notes above are all you need to play them.