Chord

Bb Diminished 7

  • Bbdim7
  • Bbo7
  • Bb°7
Space plays and stops
Notes and intervals
Bbm3Dbm3Fbm3Abb

Bb Diminished 7, written Bbdim7, is built from Bb, Db, Fb and Abb: the root, minor 3rd, flat 5th and diminished 7th.

Its 3rd and 7th, Db and Abb, are its guide tones: they say what kind of chord it is, so voicings are built around them and the root is often left to the bass.

Scales that fit

  1. Mode of Diminished

    Bb Whole-Half

  2. Mode of Harmonic Minor

    Bb Altered Diminished

Voicings All 18