B♭ diminished (B♭dim)
B♭Root
D♭min 3
F♭Tritone
Tense and unstable. Used as a passing chord or to create dramatic tension. Common in jazz and classical music.
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How to play it
B♭dim
B♭ diminished, Open
- Bass
- B♭, the root
- Root
- B♭
- Strings
- A D G B e · open
- B♭Root
- D♭m3
- F♭TT
Up the neck
6 voicings, same three notesWhy it sounds diminished
B♭+3 fretsD♭+3 fretsF♭
Stacked from 2 intervals. Compare with B♭m →
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