Chord

Bb Minor-Major 7

  • Bbm(maj7)
  • BbmMaj7
  • Bbmin(maj7)
  • Bbminmaj7
  • Bb-maj7
  • Bb-Δ7
  • Bbmin#7
  • Bbm#7
  • Bb-#7
Space plays and stops
Notes and intervals
Bbm3DbM3FM3A

Bb Minor-Major 7, written Bbm(maj7), is built from Bb, Db, F and A: the root, minor 3rd, 5th and major 7th.

Its 3rd and 7th, Db and A, 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, Bbm(maj7) is the imaj7 of the Minor Line Cliché in Bb.

Scales that fit

  1. Mode of Melodic Minor

    Bb Melodic Minor

    The melodic minor scale is similar to the major scale with only one difference - it use...

  2. Mode of Harmonic Minor

    Bb Harmonic Minor

    The harmonic minor scale raises the 7th of the natural minor scale. Jazz players use it...

Voicings All 14