B♭

B♭1D3F5

A major third and a perfect fifth over the root.

Written the other way round it is A♯ — the same twelve keys on a piano, a different piece of notation.

on ukulele on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

x10331

moderate

Fig. 3

x1033x

open · no 5

Fig. 4

65036x

hard

Fig. 5

x1333x

hard

Fig. 6

65033x

hard · no 5

What is true of it

B♭ is B♭, D and F — 1, 3 and 5 counted from B♭.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 3, the 5 goes first, in that order.

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is x10331: 4 fingers, held at the 1st fret.

1 of them use open strings, which is what makes a shape quiet to change to.

1 string stays silent.

Where its notes are on the neck

Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

The brass dots are B♭, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.

With a different note underneath

first inversion

B♭/D

xx0331

second inversion

B♭/F

11033x

An inversion is the same chord with a different note lowest. The name changes to a slash name because the bass is what a listener hears as the foundation.

B♭ in other shapes

B♭mminor B♭dimdiminished B♭augaugmented B♭5power chord B♭sus2suspended second B♭sus4suspended fourth

C C♯D♭D D♯E♭E F all 374