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Steel-string acoustic guitar, seen from above
CHORD GUIDE

Bb7 chord on guitar (Bb dominant seventh)

The Bb7 chord is the notes Bb, D, F and Ab. The usual shape is a barre at the 1st fret: x 1 3 1 3 1, from the low E string to the high E. The guitar above is set up with Bb7 on the Q key: tap it or press Q to hear it, then strum the strings.

Play it on the guitarSee the fingering
The Acoustic guitar in Guitoro
Press Q or tap its pad to hear it
Notes
Bb D F Ab
Frets
x 1 3 1 3 1
Shape
Barre, 1st fret
Type
dominant seventh

How to play Bb7

Numbers are fingers: 1 index to 4 little

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Bb7
  1. Lay your index finger flat across the A to the high E string at the 1st fret.
  2. Your ring finger on the D string at the 3rd fret.
  3. Your little finger on the B string at the 3rd fret.
  4. Don't play the low E string: start your strum on the A string.

Bb7 up the neck

The same chord, higher and brighter

6fr132
Bb7 (up the neck)

Play it as 6 8 6 7 6 6, a barre at the 6th fret. Switch the guitar's chord level from Standard to Up to hear it.

  1. Lay your index finger flat across the low E to the high E string at the 6th fret.
  2. Your ring finger on the A string at the 8th fret.
  3. Your middle finger on the G string at the 7th fret.

Chords that go with Bb7

These share a key with Bb7, so they sound right together, and they're on the pads next to it:

All the chords: guitar chord chart. Songs to practice them: easy guitar songs. Tune up first with the online guitar tuner.