Guitar arpeggio
Bb Minor 7 Guitar Arpeggio
Bb Minor 7 is a four-note seventh-chord arpeggio built from Bb, Db, F, and Ab. It is also commonly called Bb Minor Seventh and Bbm7. Use it to study chord tones, interval formulas, and guitar fretboard positions.
- Chord tones
- Bb, Db, F, Ab
- Formula
- 1 b3 5 b7
- Semitones
- 0 3 7 10
- Chord symbols
- Bbm7, Bbmin7
- Also called
- Bb Minor SeventhBbm7
How to read this arpeggio
The chord tones are shown as pitch classes first. In the fretboard tool, square markers represent Bb root notes, while circular markers represent the remaining tones in the arpeggio.
Use the interactive fretboard to locate the Bb root notes and connect the remaining minor 7 chord tones across standard tuning.
This same arpeggio shape is also commonly called Bb Minor Seventh or Bbm7.
Chord construction and defining tones
Bb minor 7 is defined by b3 (Db) and b7 (Ab). The minor third establishes the quality, and the flat seventh broadens the minor triad without creating dominant tension.
Harmonic use
Use this arpeggio over Bbm7, minor-key passages, and minor ii-V or modal settings that include the flat seventh.
Practice this arpeggio on guitar
- Play the Bb Minor 7 arpeggio from one Bb root to the next in at least two fretboard positions, saying each note name and interval degree aloud.
- Connect b3 (Db) and b7 (Ab) across adjacent string sets before filling in the root and fifth.
- Play over Bbm7 and alternate phrases that land on the minor third with phrases that land on the flat seventh.
Fretboard diagram
Open this arpeggio in the fretboard tool
Start with Bb Minor 7 loaded, then adjust tuning, labels, colors, fret count, and orientation.
Open in interactive fretboard