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Chord

Bb Major 6

  • Bb6
  • Bbmaj6
  • BbM6
  • Bbmajor6
Space plays and stops
Notes and intervals
BbM3Dm3F2G

Bb Major 6, written Bb6, is built from Bb, D, F and G: the root, major 3rd, 5th and 6th.

Its 3rd and 6th, D and G, 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.

In the progressions here, Bb6 is the I6 of the Rhythm Changes in Bb.

Scales that fit

  1. Mode of Pentatonic

    Bb Pentatonic

    The major pentatonic scale leaves the 4th and 7th out of the major scale, so it has no ...

  2. Mode of Major

    Bb Ionian

    The major scale and its modes are the most commonly used scales in western music.

  3. Mode of Major Bebop

    Bb Major Bebop

    The major bebop scale adds a #5 passing tone to the major scale, so that a run of eight...

Voicings All 14