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Bb7 Chord on Guitar: 3 Easy Ways to Play B Flat Seventh (Charts)

Bb7 chord charts with finger numbers, an easier version, the notes and intervals, and the keys and progressions that use it. Also searched as bb7 chord, bb7 guitar chord and how to play Bb7.

By David Sandy, guitar player and founder of Sandy Music Lab. Every chord shape on this page is checked note by note against the chord's formula.

Bb7 chord diagram, Open positionBb7 Open position: low E muted, A fret 1, D open, G fret 1, B fret 3, high e fret 1.×1243x 1 0 1 3 1
Open position
x 1 0 1 3 1
Bb7 chord diagram, Barre (1st fret, A-string root)Bb7 Barre (1st fret, A-string root): low E muted, A fret 1, D fret 3, G fret 1, B fret 3, high e fret 1.×134x 1 3 1 3 1
Barre (1st fret, A-string root)
x 1 3 1 3 1
Bb7 chord diagram, Easy 3-string versionBb7 Easy 3-string version: low E muted, A muted, D muted, G fret 3, B fret 3, high e fret 4.×××123x x x 3 3 4
Easy 3-string version
x x x 3 3 4

Numbers are fingers (1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky, T thumb). × = don't play that string, ○ = play it open. A long bar is a barre: one finger flat across those strings. Strings run low E (left) to high e (right).

Chord chart by Sandy Music Lab

Quick answer: To play Bb7 (B flat seventh) on guitar, play x 1 0 1 3 1 from the low E string to the high e string (the open position shape). The chord contains Bb, D, F, Ab. If that is hard, use the easier shape x x x 3 3 4, which needs 3 fretted notes.

Bb7 chord facts

Chord Bb7 (B flat seventh)
Other names Bbdom7, A#7 (enharmonic spelling, same notes and shapes)
Notes Bb, D, F, Ab
Intervals Bb (root), D (major 3rd), F (perfect 5th), Ab (minor 7th)
Formula 1-3-5-b7
Difficulty Beginner (easy version) to intermediate (full shape)
Shapes on this page 3

How do you play Bb7 on guitar?

The main shape is x 1 0 1 3 1 (Open position). Finger by finger:

  1. Put your index finger (1) on the A string at fret 1 (Bb, the root).
  2. Put your middle finger (2) on the G string at fret 1 (Ab, the minor 7th).