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B♭ Minor 7♯5

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The B♭ Minor 7♯5 chord contains the notes B♭, D♭, F♯, and A♭.

Notes: B♭, D♭, F♯, A♭ · Piano keys: B♭ D♭ F♯ A♭

Reviewed for accuracy · Last updated July 2026 · Maintained by Justin Evans

A♯ Minor 7♯5
This is the same chord as A♯ Minor 7♯5 — the same keys on the keyboard, spelled with sharps.
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B♭
B♭ – D♭ – F♯ – A♭

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Introduction

The B♭ Minor 7♯5 chord is a four-note chord made up of B♭, D♭, F♯, and A♭.

Notes

Notes:B♭ – D♭ – F♯ – A♭

Key Signature

A chord has no key signature of its own, but the B♭ Minor 7♯5 is the tonic (i) chord of Bb Minor, which shares the signature of its relative major, Db Major5 flats (B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, G♭).

B♭E♭A♭D♭G♭

Order of flats

Flats are added in a fixed order — the reverse of the sharp order. Each new flat key adds the next flat on the list.

BEADGCF

Mnemonic: Battle Ends And Down Goes Charles’ Father

Chords in the Key of B♭ Minor

These are the triads built on each degree of the B♭ minor scale:

C1C2C3C4C5FC6C7C8A#C#
iB♭ Minor (minor)
DegreeNumeralChordQuality
1iB♭ MinorMinor
2ii°C DiminishedDiminished
3IIID♭ MajorMajor
4ivE♭ MinorMinor
5vF MinorMinor
6VIG♭ MajorMajor
7VIIA♭ MajorMajor

Same Notes, Other Names

The notes B♭ – D♭ – F♯ – A♭ aren’t exclusive to this chord. Depending on which note is the bass and how the chord functions, the same pitches also spell:

F♯ Add 9

B♭ Minor 7♯5 — Frequently Asked Questions

What is the B♭ Minor 7♯5 chord on piano?
The B♭ Minor 7♯5 chord contains the notes B♭ – D♭ – F♯ – A♭. On piano, play these notes together to sound the chord.

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References & Further Reading

The note names, intervals, fingering, and harmony on this chord page are grounded in the following sources. Public domain treatises and scores are linked to their full text; primary data reflects piano.org's own interval-derived dataset.

  1. 1

    Jadassohn, Salomon(1883)

    A Manual of Harmony

    Public domain treatise
  2. 2

    Prout, Ebenezer(1889)

    Harmony: Its Theory and Practice

    Public domain treatise
  3. 3

    Goetschius, Percy(1889)

    The Material Used in Musical Composition

    Public domain treatise
  4. 4

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