What notes are in a Bb7b13 chord?

Bb7b13 is Bb, D, F, Ab, Gb: the 1, 3, 5, ♭7, ♭13 of Bb.

How do you play Bb7b13 on guitar?

6th String Root: 6 8 6 7 7 6; 5th String Root: x 1 3 1 3 2 (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).

What scale goes with Bb7b13?

Scales on Bb that contain every note of Bb7b13: Bb Phrygian Dominant, Bb Mixolydian b6, Bb Phrygian b4, Bb Lydian Dominant b6.

Guitar chord · Dominant 7b13

Bb7b13 chord (Bb Dominant 7b13)

Dominant 7th with a flat 13th: a dark dominant colour from the Mixolydian ♭6 scale.

Notes BbDFAbGb

Formula 1 3 5 ♭7 ♭13

Shapes 2 on this page

Bb7b13 chord shapes

Tap a diagram to strum it. Numbers are fingers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky. Blue dots are the root, Bb.

6th String Root 6 8 6 7 7 6

5th String Root x 1 3 1 3 2

Interactive chord diagram

Bb7b13 on the fretboard

STR OP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 E A D G B E ✕

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Scales to play over Bb7b13

These scales start on Bb and contain every note of the chord, so they fit when Bb7b13 is the chord of the moment.

Bb Phrygian Dominant Bb Mixolydian b6 Bb Phrygian b4 Bb Lydian Dominant b6

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Questions

What notes are in a Bb7b13 chord?: Bb7b13 is Bb, D, F, Ab, Gb: the 1, 3, 5, ♭7, ♭13 of Bb.
How do you play Bb7b13 on guitar?: 6th String Root: 6 8 6 7 7 6; 5th String Root: x 1 3 1 3 2 (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).
What scale goes with Bb7b13?: Scales on Bb that contain every note of Bb7b13: Bb Phrygian Dominant, Bb Mixolydian b6, Bb Phrygian b4, Bb Lydian Dominant b6.

Dominant 7b13 chords in every key

C7b13 C#7b13 D7b13 Eb7b13 E7b13 F7b13 F#7b13 G7b13 Ab7b13 A7b13 Bb7b13 B7b13