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B♭ minor (also written A♯ minor) is a minor chord made of 3 notes: B♭, D♭, F. It sounds darker and more serious than a major chord, and you hear it in sad songs, ballads and most Bollywood minor-key melodies. It is the i chord of B♭ minor and turns up in 5 other keys.
The library above opens on B♭m with 14 shapes up and down the neck, starting with hand-checked ones. Tap a shape to hear it, or play it one string at a time.
| Note | Degree | Interval from B♭ | Semitones |
|---|---|---|---|
| B♭ | 1 | root | 0 |
| D♭ | ♭3 | minor third | 3 |
| F | 5 | perfect fifth | 7 |
Formula: 1 – ♭3 – 5. With the other spelling, A♯m is A♯, C♯, E♯: the same sounds under different names.
x13321688666xxx321xx866xx1332xxxx(15)(14)(13)The fret 1 shape is the one to learn first. Once it is easy, try the shape at the 6th fret (688666): the same chord, higher and brighter, handy when the chords before and after it sit up the neck.
B♭m belongs to 6 keys: vi in D♭ major, iii in F♯ major, ii in A♭ major, v in E♭ minor, iv in F minor, i in B♭ minor. In B♭ minor, try i–VI–III–VII: B♭m – G♭ – D♭ – A♭.
B♭, D♭, F: the root, minor third, fifth.
Fret 1: x1332x (low string first), rated Easy.
B♭m has D♭ where B♭ has D. B♭m sounds darker and more serious than a major chord; B♭ sounds bright, settled and complete.
No. The easiest shape is rated Easy and needs 4 fingers.