Okay, five flats is still a lot of accidentals, but it’s better than seven sharps, and we’re not going to make you learn A-sharp minor when your chances of finding anything written in this key signature are slim to nil.Ĭheck it out: Type “A#m” into Uberchord’s chord finder and you’ll see a chord, but you’ll notice that the chord’s notes are named Bb, Db, and F- not A#, C#, and E# as they would be written in the key of A-sharp minor. Like the U2 song, “Sunday Bloody Sunday,” B-flat minor can express shock, grief, and a deep longing for peace. So considering that in the key of A-sharp minor you’ll find seven sharps and in the key of Bb minor only five flats, it doesn’t take a neuroscientist to figure out that Bb wins. Once again we’re stuck with a decision: Which enharmonic equivalent do we use, given that both of these names, along with their respective key signatures, refer to the same series of tones? If you’ve been following along with this series, you’ll know how much we love the KISS (keep it simple, stupid) rule. Songs in the Key of B-Flat Minor: A Sad Longing for Peace.Chords and Common Chord Progressions in the Key of B-Flat Minor.Theory and Practice: The Pattern of the B-Flat Minor Scale Explained.The B-Flat Minor Chord Position on the Guitar: Both Easy and Useful.The six diagrams below show that minor b6 chords can be considered as maj7 chords with the third in the bass. Phrygian b4 mode ( 3rd mode of the harmonic major scale).Aeolian mode (sixth mode of the major scale).Minor b6 chords can be written m b6, minor b6, min b6 or - b6 Related Scales Here is a quick comparison between sixth chords.
For example, Fmaj7/A (most often found in real books and fake books) could be seen as an inversion of Am b6 (check out the diagrams below). Almost every time, they have enharmonic equivalents that make more sense in the harmony. Minor b6 chords are rarely identified as such, they are not common chords. This is a minor triad with a b6 (a minor 6 interval from the root). A minor flat sixth chord (m b6) is built with four notes, root (1), minor third ( b3), perfect fifth (5) and minor sixth ( b6).
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