A♯ / B♭ chords on piano

About the B♭ chords on piano

The home chord of this page is B flat major (B♭–D–F). Every other chord here starts on the same root and changes or adds notes; the relative minor key of B♭ major is G minor.

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♭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 piano every B♭ chord keeps the same shape when you move it to another root; only the pattern of black and white keys changes. The keyboards show root position; each chord page has every inversion and the fingering for both hands.

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.