Guitar chord · Dominant 7#5b9
Bb7#5b9 chord (Bb Dominant 7#5b9)
Dominant 7th with a raised 5th and a flat 9th: an altered dominant, tense and bright.
Notes BbDF#AbCb
Formula 1 3 ♯5 ♭7 ♭9
Shapes 2 on this page
Bb7#5b9 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.
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 Bb7#5b9
These scales start on Bb and contain every note of the chord, so they fit when Bb7#5b9 is the chord of the moment.
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Questions
- What notes are in a Bb7#5b9 chord?
- Bb7#5b9 is Bb, D, F#, Ab, Cb: the 1, 3, ♯5, ♭7, ♭9 of Bb.
- How do you play Bb7#5b9 on guitar?
- 6th String Root: 6 x 6 7 7 7; 5th String Root: x 1 0 1 0 2 (low E to high E, x = don't play the string).
- What scale goes with Bb7#5b9?
- Scales on Bb that contain every note of Bb7#5b9: Bb Phrygian Dominant, Bb Altered, Bb Phrygian b4, Bb Enigmatic.
Dominant 7#5b9 chords in every key
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