Key of B♭ minor
The key of B♭ minor has five flats — B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭ and G♭. Its natural minor scale runs B♭ C D♭ E♭ F G♭ A♭, and building a triad on each of those seven notes — stacking thirds from the scale itself — produces the key's seven chords.
That gives three minor chords, three major chords and one diminished chord. Home base is B♭m (i), flanked by E♭m (iv) and Fm (v); the majors D♭ (III), G♭ (VI) and A♭ (VII) brighten the key, and C° (ii°) appears mostly as a passing chord.
Relative major: D♭ major — the same seven chords, with D♭ as home base.
The seven chords of B♭ minor
Common questions
- What chords are in the key of B♭ minor?
- The seven chords in the key of B♭ minor are B♭m (i), C° (ii°), D♭ (III), E♭m (iv), Fm (v), G♭ (VI) and A♭ (VII).
- What is the relative major of B♭ minor?
- D♭ major. The two keys share the same key signature and the same seven chords — D♭ major simply treats D♭, not B♭m, as home.
- How many sharps or flats does B♭ minor have?
- B♭ minor has five flats: B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭ and G♭.