Bb is a major, spelled Bb, D and F. In Standard tuning (E2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4) the easiest shape is x10331, which sits at fret 1, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string. 12 positions for it are shown below, from the nut up to fret 15.
Notes and intervals
Note
Bb
D
F
Interval
1P
3M
5P
12 ways to play it
Ordered by how hard they are to fret, easiest first, one per position on the neck. Fret numbers are relative to the position marked beside each grid.
x10331sits at fret 1, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string65076xsits at fret 5, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string688766sits at fret 6 and needs a barre across 6 strings at fret 6653336sits at fret 3 and needs a barre across 3 strings at fret 3x887xxsits at fret 7, spans 1 fret and mutes 3 stringsxx8101110sits at fret 8, spans 3 frets and mutes 2 stringsx130101113sits at fret 10, spans 3 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 stringx130151513sits at fret 13, spans 2 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 string131312xxxsits at fret 12, spans 1 fret and mutes 3 stringsxx151515xsits at fret 15, needs a barre across 3 strings at fret 15 and mutes 3 stringsx130151113sits at fret 11, spans 4 frets, lets 1 string ring open and mutes 1 stringx13331sits at fret 1, needs a barre across 5 strings at fret 1 and mutes 1 string
The five shapes
Every shape below is one of the five open chords moved up the neck, with a finger — or the nut — standing in for the open strings. Bb turns up as an A shape, a G shape, an E shape and a D shape: A at fret 1, G at fret 3, E at fret 6, D at fret 8.
A shapeBb as an A shape: barre at fret 1, fingered x13331.G shapeBb as a G shape: barre at fret 3, fingered 653336.E shapeBb as an E shape: barre at fret 6, fingered 688766.D shapeBb as a D shape: index finger at fret 8, fingered xx8101110.
Keys Bb belongs to
Bb is diatonic to 24 of the 96 keys this app knows, playing a different role in each.