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B♭ minor scale

The B♭ minor scale has 7 notes: B♭, C, D♭, E♭, F, G♭, A♭. Its enharmonic twin is A♯ minor. Hear it, see it on the keyboard and find the chords that belong to it.

B♭1
C2
D♭♭3
E♭4
F5
G♭♭6
A♭♭7
Steps: W H W W H W W

Key signature

5 flats: B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, G♭

Related keys

Relative major: D♭ majorParallel major: B♭ majorDominant key: F minorSubdominant key: E♭ minor

Chords in B♭ minor

iB♭mii°CdimIIID♭ivE♭mvFmVIG♭VIIA♭
i7B♭m7iiø7Cm7♭5IIImaj7D♭maj7iv7E♭m7v7Fm7VImaj7G♭maj7VII7A♭7

Roman numerals show each chord's degree in the key. Upper-case is major, lower-case minor, ° diminished.

Other scales on B♭

B♭ majorB♭ harmonic minorB♭ melodic minorB♭ dorianB♭ mixolydianB♭ major pentatonicB♭ minor pentatonicB♭ blues

About the minor scale

The minor scale, also called natural minor or Aeolian mode, follows the pattern W H W W H W W. It shares its notes and key signature with the relative major a minor third higher. Melodies in minor often raise the 7th (harmonic minor) or the 6th and 7th on the way up (melodic minor).

Use the Scale & Chord Finder to look up any other root or mode.