What notes are in a Bb chord?

Bb is Bb, D, F: the 1, 3, 5 of Bb.

How do you play Bb on guitar?

Open C / C-Shape: x 13 12 10 11 10; Open A / A-Shape: x 1 3 3 3 1; Open G / G-Shape: 6 5 3 3 3 6 (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).

What scale goes with Bb?

Scales on Bb that contain every note of Bb: Bb Major, Bb Major Pentatonic, Bb Major Blues, Bb Lydian, Bb Mixolydian, Bb Phrygian Dominant.

Guitar chord · Major

Bb chord (Bb Major)

Bright, stable, and strong fundamental major triad.

Notes BbDF

Formula 1 3 5

Shapes 5 on this page

Bb chord shapes

Tap a diagram to strum it. Numbers are fingers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky. Blue dots are the root, Bb.

Open C / C-Shape x 13 12 10 11 10

Open A / A-Shape x 1 3 3 3 1

Open G / G-Shape 6 5 3 3 3 6

Open E / E-Shape 6 8 8 7 6 6

Open D / D-Shape x x 8 10 11 10

Interactive chord diagram

Bb on the fretboard

STR OP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 E A D G B E ✕ ✕ ✕ ✕

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Scales to play over Bb

These scales start on Bb and contain every note of the chord, so they fit when Bb is the chord of the moment.

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Questions

What notes are in a Bb chord?: Bb is Bb, D, F: the 1, 3, 5 of Bb.
How do you play Bb on guitar?: Open C / C-Shape: x 13 12 10 11 10; Open A / A-Shape: x 1 3 3 3 1; Open G / G-Shape: 6 5 3 3 3 6 (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).
What scale goes with Bb?: Scales on Bb that contain every note of Bb: Bb Major, Bb Major Pentatonic, Bb Major Blues, Bb Lydian, Bb Mixolydian, Bb Phrygian Dominant.

Major chords in every key

C C# D Eb E F F# G Ab A Bb B