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Bb7b5 Piano Chord

A tense jazz chord with a tritone replacing the perfect fifth. Often serves as a tritone substitution in jazz progressions — replacing the classic dominant seventh chord.

Piano

Recommended voicing
Bb3 · D4 · Fb4 · Ab4

How to play the Bb7b5 chord on piano

Play the recommended root-position voicing with the right hand: Bb3, D4, Fb4 and Ab4. Suggested fingering is 1–2–3–5 (1 is the thumb).

Other names for the Bb7b5 chord

Other names: Bb 7th flat 5

Music theory name: seventh flat five chord

Common name: Bb 7b5 chord

Notes and intervals in the Bb7b5 chord

Note Interval
Bb Root
D Major 3rd
Fb Diminished 5th
Ab Minor 7th

Inversions

1st inversion
D4 · Fb4 · Ab4 · Bb4
2nd inversion
Fb4 · Ab4 · Bb4 · D5

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