Dominant family
B♭ dominant thirteenth chord
B♭13B♭ dominant thirteenth
Piano root position
- Root
- 3
- 5
- ♭7
- 9
- 13
Guitar standard tuning
Fret 6
No barre: each note has its own finger.
Finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little
Notation treble clef
Intervals
12 semitones- B♭1
- ♭2
- C9
- ♭3
- D3
- 4
- ♭5
- F5
- ♯5
- G13
- A♭♭7
- 7
- B♭ Root
- D Major 3rd
- F Perfect 5th
- A♭ Minor 7th
- C Major 9th
- G Major 13th
About this chord
What is a B♭ dominant thirteenth chord?
B♭13 is built from 6 notes: B♭ (the root), D (the 3), F (the 5), A♭ (the ♭7), C (the 9), G (the 13). The richest dominant: a big-band sound. The fifth and ninth are often left out when it is played.
- Notes
- B♭ · D · F · A♭ · C · G
- Formula
- 1 · 3 · 5 · ♭7 · 9 · 13
- Also written
- B♭dom13
- Found in
- Outside the major and minor keys
Scales that contain B♭13
Neighbours
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