B♭ Minor: Notes, Chords and Scale
B♭ minor is a minor key. Its key signature has 5 flats: B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, G♭. Its scale is B♭, C, D♭, E♭, F, G♭, A♭, and its seven diatonic chords are B♭m, Cdim, D♭, E♭m, Fm, G♭, A♭. Below are the 7th chords, Roman numerals, related keys, the Camelot code and a keyboard diagram.
Key signature
5♭
Relative key
Parallel key
Camelot code
3A
Notes
B♭ C D♭ E♭ F G♭ A♭
Chords in B♭ minor
- iB♭mB♭ D♭ F
- ii°CdimC E♭ G♭
- IIID♭D♭ F A♭
- ivE♭mE♭ G♭ B♭
- vFmF A♭ C
- VIG♭G♭ B♭ D♭
- VIIA♭A♭ C E♭
Seventh chords
- i7B♭m7B♭ D♭ F A♭
- iiø7Cm7♭5C E♭ G♭ B♭
- IIImaj7D♭maj7D♭ F A♭ C
- iv7E♭m7E♭ G♭ B♭ D♭
- v7Fm7F A♭ C E♭
- VImaj7G♭maj7G♭ B♭ D♭ F
- VII7A♭7A♭ C E♭ G♭
How to use these chords
- i, iv and v (B♭m, E♭m, Fm) are the primary chords. The v chord is often played major, as V (F) or V7 (F7), taken from the harmonic minor scale, which raises A♭ to A.
- III, VI and VII (D♭, G♭, A♭) are major chords. They are the I, IV and V chords of the relative major, D♭ major.
- ii° (Cdim) is a diminished chord and often leads to V.
- Common progressions, in Roman numerals: i VI III VII (B♭m, G♭, D♭, A♭); i iv V (B♭m, E♭m, F); i VII VI V (B♭m, A♭, G♭, F).
Common uses of B♭ minor
- B♭ minor shares its seven notes and its key signature with its relative major, D♭ major.
- On a piano, 5 of its seven notes are black keys.
- In the Camelot system DJs use for harmonic mixing, B♭ minor is 3A; tracks in 2A, 4A and 3B usually mix smoothly with it.
- Open B♭ minor in the Scale and Chord Finder
- Find your song's key from the audio: Detect Key and BPM
- Camelot Wheel: 3A
- Write chords or MIDI in B♭ minor with MIDI LabMIDI Lab, from the same team as SongTools, writes chord progressions, bass, drums and melody as MIDI from a prompt.
- D♭ major: notes and chords
- All 24 major and minor keys
Questions about B♭ minor
What chords are in B♭ minor?
The seven chords in B♭ minor are B♭m, Cdim, D♭, E♭m, Fm, G♭, A♭ (i, ii°, III, iv, v, VI, VII). As seventh chords they are B♭m7, Cm7♭5, D♭maj7, E♭m7, Fm7, G♭maj7, A♭7.
What notes are in the B♭ minor scale?
B♭, C, D♭, E♭, F, G♭, A♭. Its key signature has 5 flats: B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, G♭.
What is the relative major of B♭ minor?
D♭ major. It uses the same seven notes and key signature as B♭ minor, starting from D♭. The parallel major, B♭ major, starts on the same note as B♭ minor but has a different key signature.
What is the Camelot code for B♭ minor?
3A. Next to it on the Camelot wheel are 2A and 4A, and 3B is its relative major, D♭ major.