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B♭7alt chord

B♭ Altered Dominant

Bb7alt · Root

1Bb33D4b7Ab4b9Cb5#9C#5b13Gb5
C43b9C51b7#9b13

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Notes

B♭ – D – A♭ – C♭ – C♯ – G♭

Formula

1 – 3 – b7 – b9 – #9 – b13

Practice Note

The altered dominant draws on the altered scale, whose tensions include b9, #9, #11, and b13 over a dominant. This representative formula is 1, 3, b7, b9, #9, b13; pianists often omit the root when a bassist supplies it.

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Bb7 · SimplerBb7#9 · SiblingBb7b9 · SiblingBb7#9#5 · Close relativeEbm · Resolves toFm7b5 · ii in minor

About Bb7alt

The Bb7alt chord sounds distinctive, with a altered dominant character. Its notes are Bb, D, Ab, Cb, C#, Gb. This chord is commonly heard in jazz.

Jazz
All Bb chords (61)

Triads

Bb — MajorBbm — MinorBbdim — DiminishedBbaug — AugmentedBbsus2 — Suspended 2ndBbsus4 — Suspended 4thBb5 — Power Chord

7ths

Bb7 — Dominant 7thBbmaj7 — Major 7thBbm7 — Minor 7thBbm7#5 — Minor 7th Sharp 5Bbdim7 — Diminished 7thBbm7b5 — Half-Diminished 7thBb6 — Major 6thBbm6 — Minor 6thBb7sus4 — Dominant 7th Sus4Bb7sus2 — Dominant 7th Sus2

Extended

Bb9 — Dominant 9thBbmaj9 — Major 9thBbm9 — Minor 9thBbadd9 — Add 9Bbadd11 — Add 11Bbadd2 — Add 2Bbadd#11 — Add Sharp 11Bb11 — Dominant 11thBb13 — Dominant 13thBb6/9 — 6/9Bbmaj13 — Major 13thBbm(add2) — Minor Add 2Bbm(add9) — Minor Add 9Bbm(add11) — Minor Add 11BbmMaj7 — Minor Major 7thBbm11 — Minor 11thBbm13 — Minor 13thBbm6/9 — Minor 6/9Bb7#11 — Dominant 7th Sharp 11Bb9#11 — Dominant 9th Sharp 11Bb13#11 — Dominant 13th Sharp 11Bb9sus4 — Dominant 9th Sus4Bb13sus4 — Dominant 13th Sus4Bbmaj7#11 — Major 7th Sharp 11Bbmaj9#11 — Major 9th Sharp 11BbmMaj9 — Minor Major 9thBbm9b5 — Half-Diminished 9th

Altered

Bb7#9 — Dominant 7th Sharp 9Bb7b9#9 — Dominant 7th Flat 9 Sharp 9Bb13#9 — Dominant 13th Sharp 9Bb7b9 — Dominant 7th Flat 9Bb7#5 — Dominant 7th Sharp 5Bb7b5 — Dominant 7th Flat 5Bb7#9#5 — Dominant 7th #9 #5Bb7b9b5 — Dominant 7th b9 b5Bb7#9b5 — Dominant 7th #9 b5Bb7sus4b9 — Dominant 7th Sus4 Flat 9Bb9#5 — Dominant 9th Sharp 5Bb9b5 — Dominant 9th Flat 5Bb13b9 — Dominant 13th Flat 9Bb7b13 — Dominant 7th Flat 13Bbaug7 — Augmented 7thBbdim(maj7) — Diminished Major 7thBbaugMaj7 — Augmented Major 7th