How to Play Bb7 on Piano

The Bb Dominant 7th chord sounds restless and bluesy. It stacks 4 notes: Bb – D – F – Ab.

A major triad plus a flattened seventh. The tritone between its third and seventh is what makes it lean so hard toward the chord a fourth above.

Notes in Bb7

NoteIntervalFinger
BbBb4Root1
DD5Major 3rd2
FF5Perfect 5th3
AbAb5Minor 7th5

How to Play

Right Hand

Place your thumb (finger 1) on Bb. Use finger 2 on D, finger 3 on F, and finger 5 on Ab.

Where it sits

2 notes of this chord (Bb, Ab) are on black keys, so play it a little further back on the keys than an all-white shape.

Press all 4 keys at the same time. Keep your wrist relaxed and your fingers curved. The blue dots on the piano below show exactly which keys to press — they turn green when you play the right note.

Other Dominant 7th Chords

C7
C – E – G – Bb
Db7
Db – F – Ab – Cb
D7
D – F# – A – C
Eb7
Eb – G – Bb – Db
E7
E – G# – B – D
F7
F – A – C – Eb
F#7
F# – A# – C# – E
G7
G – B – D – F
Ab7
Ab – C – Eb – Gb
A7
A – C# – E – G
B7
B – D# – F# – A

Other Bb Chords

Bb6
Bb – D – F – G
Bb9
Bb – D – F – Ab – C
Bb
Bb – D – F
Bbm
Bb – Db – F
Bbmaj7
Bb – D – F – A
Bbm7
Bb – Db – F – Ab
Bbaug
Bb – D – F#
Bbsus2
Bb – C – F
Bbsus4
Bb – Eb – F
Bbm6
Bb – Db – F – G
Bbadd9
Bb – D – F – C